One morning, after surfing at Imperial Beach, my friends and I were hanging out and bragging about one thing or another. Someone shared a story they had heard about how easy it was to catch a freight ...

A fractured section of railroad track led to 16 cars of a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe freight train derailing near Pinecliffe seven months ago. The 78-car train was descending eastbound when a ...

Associated Press WriterPLACENTIA, Calif. (AP) -- A mile-long freight train plowed head-on into a commuter train during rush hour Tuesday, killing two people and injuring at least 260 people, officials ...

Officers at the scene after the fatality on the tracks in Bay Park. Photo credit: OnScene.TV A man was struck and killed by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train in Bay Park early Saturday ...

I was surprised there weren’t more passengers on the truck trailer car, because I had seen plenty of people around the freight yard. Maybe they were headed west instead of east, or perhaps north or ...