First, some history. To address the looming collapse of freight and passenger rail traffic in the East as a result of those railroad bankruptcies, Congress passed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...

I was not surprised when the Nov. 30 Conrail train derailment and chemical leak happened in Paulsboro. Conrail moves trains 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It takes the cheapest way out at the ...