DUNNELLON, Fla. — Dozens of Dunnellon residents turned out for a city council workshop on Monday night to voice their concerns about possible hazardous conditions caused by a railroad tie fire on ...

EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A hidden chapter of history that was quietly waiting in plain sight has just been uncovered in Manhattan, concealed behind a second-floor dresser at the Merchant's ...

Enslaved Africans with dreams of being free found safety in the heart of NYC. To the naked eye, the 4-story brick row house on East 4th Street is just another of the 19th-century buildings on a block ...

Hidden inside a historic 19th century house on East Fourth Street in Manhattan is a secret sanctuary. Ever since the Merchant’s House Museum opened its doors to the public in 1936, visitors have lined ...

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What’s at stake: Far and away, Texas commands U.S. oil and gas. The industry drills more oil and other hydrocarbons than all the other states combined. This massive industry employs nearly half a ...

For too long, the Texas Railroad Commission has been criticized for essentially being in the hands of the oil and gas industry it is supposed to regulate. There are well-documented examples that ...

Hawk Dunlap is not a politician. He’s an outsider, a renegade, a veteran West Texas oil and gas man looking to shake things up in the Texas Railroad Commission. Republicans eager to address a ...

Firefighters battled a large railroad tie fire in Dunnellon, Florida on February 1. The burning ties, treated with creosote, produced heavy, irritating smoke, prompting officials to issue a health ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Facing what they believe is increased animus toward their operation, the Catskill Mountain Railroad says it’s eyeing the possibility of pulling up stakes in Ulster County. Railroad ...

TOLEDO, Oregon — A Portland & Western Railroad trestle bridge over the Olalla Slough near the Oregon coast was damaged in a derailment early Wednesday, and the stalled freight train impacted nearby ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Two historic locomotives that have carried passengers through Cuyahoga Valley National Park for decades are getting an electric makeover that will eliminate hundreds of tons of ...