Federal officials say a damaged track switch knocked a train carrying hazardous materials off the rails in Whatcom County last week. Three tank cars carrying diesel fuel and two carrying molten sulfur ...

The switch machine, commonly referred to as the railway "switch", is the primary device for changing tracks for trains.

The LIRR, chartered in 1834, is one of the oldest railroads in the country. Manorville Station, then called St. George’s ...

A train derailment that trapped and seriously injured a Denver rail worker happened when a railroad switch was in the wrong ...

An imcorrectly lined switch led to an Aug. 5 collision between a BNSF Railway train and standing railcars at Denver’s Globeville Yard, a collision that seriously injured the train’s conductor, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A car of the tourist-focused Maya Train that derailed in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula appears to have left the track because an automated switch tripped as the train was passing, ...