Federal officials have launched an investigation into a runaway train car that rolled out of control for 15 miles near Walla Walla, Washington, on Tuesday. Police raced westward on U.S. Highway 12 ...

NEW YORK — A runaway locomotive rolled a mile and a half down the tracks in Queens on Wednesday, plowing into vehicles and injuring four people, two of whom were in critical condition Wednesday night.

Investigative Reporter Darrel Richter has uncovered new information about efforts to stop the train that ran away from a Walbridge rail yard last spring. We've obtained a detailed internal memo from ...

A Phoenix man was close to turning a locomotive into his own runaway train. Police say 20-year-old Julio Rodriguez was arrested earlier this month after trying to steal a train from a rail yard just ...

When thousands of tons of freight cars rolled free from a Montclair switching station, crew members knew they had just minutes to try to stop them before the runaway cars gained too much speed. Their ...

A driverless, 268-car iron ore train was derailed in Western Australia on Monday -- but only after it traveled nearly 60 miles without an engineer, officials said. The Australian Transport Safety ...

A runaway freight train in northern India traveled nearly 45 miles without a driver on Sunday, reaching speeds of up to 46 miles per hour, before it was brought to a stop, according to railway ...

A runaway train took off without its driver then rattled over 57 miles at speeds of over 62 miles per hour before being deliberately derailed, Australia’s Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said Monday.

A mining company in Australia has suspended all rail operations after a train loaded with iron ore was allowed to run 57 miles with no one on board. The train, which was being operated by the BHP ...

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