Teen escapes from vehicle hit by train near Meridian Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 2 MERIDIAN -- The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a teenager is lucky to be alive after his stalled vehicle was hit by a train near Meridian. The patrol says the 19-year-old was driving a Jeep Liberty...

Congress hustling to pass rail reform after crash Mon, Sep 15, 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After a fatal commuter train collision, Congress is hurrying to pass new laws that would limit hours engineers work, mandate technology to stop trains on a collision...

Chicago 'el' train derails; 14 taken to hospitals Sat, May 17, 2008 CHICAGO (AP) -- A train operator apparently made two key errors in quick succession to cause a derailment that left passengers perched more than 20 feet above the ground and sent several...

China blames speeding for train crash that kill 70 people Mon, Apr 28, 2008 ZIBO, China (AP) -- China could identify less than half the 70 people killed in its deadliest train accident in a decade but had already cleared the mangled cars and laid new track...

Train cars derail in Wellston Mon, Jul 17, 2006 WELLSTON - Eleven cars of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train derailed on a line owned by the Stillwater Central Railroad about 5 p.m. today near U.S. 177 and State Highway 66. A...

Dozens overcome by severe heat Mon, Jul 17, 2006 Oklahomans sweltered Monday in temperatures reaching 109 degrees as a heat wave that has sickened dozens of people continued to grip the state. The hot weather was expected to continue through at...

Rail crossings turn deadly Thu, May 18, 2006 YUKON -- A pickup passenger died after the truck was hit by a train Monday. It was the second time this year a person has died in a vehicle-train collision in the city, authorities said. Tylar...

Train-dump truck collision fatal Thu, May 18, 2006 At least one person died and three others were injured when a train collided with a dump truck in Yukon this morning, authorities said. Joe Phillips, 50, the driver of the dump truck, was killed,...