A Conrail freight train derailed in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, yesterday afternoon after a high boxcar struck an overhead bridge. There were no injuries, according to officials. The new ...

Conrail, the freight railway with 7,200 miles of track in Pennsylvania, is riddled with safety problems stemming from mismanagement and human error, according to a Federal Railroad Administration ...

Explore how commentators reacted to the challenges facing the soon to be launched Conrail in this editorial from 50 years ago ...

Sifting the facts of the recent collision between four Amtrak locomotives and a Conrail coal train near Chase, the one clear lesson is that those who ignore the past aren’t the only ones condemned to ...

Bowie — Two 1950s vintage locomotives pulled the dark green train at a sedate pace across a wooded Southern Maryland landscape punctuated by old farms and ponds sprouting lily pads. From an ...

WASHINGTON — Thirty years ago, an Amtrak bound for D.C. from Boston collided with a Conrail train that had crossed into its path in Baltimore County. Sixteen people were killed in the Chase, Maryland, ...