Two weeks ago, a BNSF freight train conductor, who asked not to be named so he could speak freely about his experience, fell asleep on duty while the train was moving.

A derailment of a mile-long freight train that injured two crew members overnight is under investigation. It happened in the ...

Problem is, there is no silver bullet here. A few career lives ago, I was a railroad freight conductor. Toughed it out for two years and quit for the same reasons the unions are complaining about ...

Granite City authorities are investigating an accident in which a pedestrian was struck by a freight train early this morning ...