This story appears in the August 6 print edition of Transport Topics. More than a million packages a day in metropolitan Chicago have an ideal commute. They roll through the back gate of the UPS Inc.

When organizers announced “Cold Train” several years ago, they billed it as the first real challenge to trucking’s dominance in the hauling of fresh produce. But the service was discontinued last year ...

UPDATES with railroad company's statement that signals were working properly. MOUNT VERNON — It is unclear whether a signal problem that was reported at the train tracks on College Way Wednesday ...

A Florida man was ticketed for failure to stop at a railroad crossing after a train ran into a trailer attached to a truck he was driving Sunday afternoon. According to Flagstaff police reports, the ...

A man is in critical condition after a BNSF train collided with a tractor trailer in Memphis. Police said the accident happened at the intersection of Homewood Road and Pidgeon Roost Road in Parkway ...