After a hard day at work, most people like to relax with a frosty beer in hand. But for some freight rail workers, taking care of your beer is their full-time job. In a rail yard outside of Chicago, ...

The amount of rail jobs is growing and rail contractors are looking to hire. With that in mind hundreds of people show up looking for career opportunities at a job fair specifically for rail and Hart ...

As Americans go on a shopping bender, railroad operators carrying train loads of consumer purchases are adding thousands of jobs, and some are offering hefty hiring incentives to draw applicants.

A northbound freight train in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on Sept. 14, 2022. Luke Sharrett for The Washington Post via Getty Images Nick Wurst: So my name is Nick Wurst. I’m a freight conductor in ...

It pays to be wary of politicians rushing out legislation after an accident or disaster, and the Railway Safety Act is a classic of the genre. It uses February’s train derailment in East Palestine, ...

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