Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa’s arrival. Not in a sleigh on their rooftops, but on a train.

BRIDGEWATER - It took more than four hours, but rescuers freed a worker trapped waist-deep in coal on a freight train car in Bridgewater on Tuesday. The man was reported trapped around 9 a.m. in ...

A portion of Colorado’s Interstate 25 has been shut down in both directions after a coal train derailed off a bridge and onto the roadway Sunday afternoon, killing a semi-truck driver, state ...

Bob Brown was filming the crossing gate near US Highway 58 in South Boston, Va., on July 13 as a coal train approached. The video shows the Pepsi van driving toward the crossing before slamming on ...

Dozens of reports and interviews from the ongoing federal investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board into last year’s BNSF coal train derailment north of Pueblo are now posted online.

The Colorado State Patrol says a train derailment and bridge collapse has spewed coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, trapping a semi-truck driver beneath the wreckage.

A meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Gretna Community Center on Monroe Street will discuss the impact of increased train traffic carrying coal to an export facility in Plaquemines Parish.

Union Pacific confirmed the 6:45 a.m. derailment occurred on its freight train. In an update Monday morning, Cal OES said that 13 of the 15 derailed released coal.

Coal miners and their families stood on train tracks to prevent a train loaded with coal from leaving, saying they had worked since Dec. 16 without being paid.

The NTSB released its preliminary report into the derailment of a coal train over I-25 on Oct. 15 near Pueblo. RELATED: BNSF says rail line inspected day of fatal derailment.

BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts — It took more than four hours, but rescuers freed a worker trapped waist-deep in coal on a freight train car in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Tuesday.The man was ...