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An explosion inside a shipping container at the world’s largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caught fire.

The train cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur.

Authorities say a freight train has derailed in northern Arizona involving 23 cars, but no injuries have been reported

Several survivors of the train crash in India that killed 275 people and injured more than 800 said they are still in shock.

Federal regulators are warning railroads that the long trains they favor can cause all kinds of problems and contribute to derailments.

Railroad company BNSF confirmed on Thursday a train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin along the Mississippi River

Authorities say about 25 train cars have derailed in northwestern Montana. No injuries or evacuations have been reported.

Sign of the season: Railroad 1897 launches its popular weekend excursion train rides.

In what was a near-tragedy, a freight train plowed into a truck that got stuck on a set of railroad tracks in New York — and a bit of quick-thinking just moments before impact may have saved the driver’s life.

Federal records show a total of 10 incidents here, two fatal, in the past four and a half decades. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and EPA Administrator Michael Regan toured a new clinic in East Palestine, Ohio, on Tuesday, weeks after a train crash that forced residents from their homes.

At least one person was injured Friday when a Metrolink train collided with a vehicle in Covina, Calif.

Video obtained by WFMJ  showed a large fire and massive cloud of smoke that could allegedly be seen for miles.