A train derailment that trapped and seriously injured a Denver rail worker happened when a railroad switch was in the wrong ...

An imcorrectly lined switch led to an Aug. 5 collision between a BNSF Railway train and standing railcars at Denver’s ...

Federal officials say a damaged track switch knocked a train carrying hazardous materials off the rails in Whatcom County last week. Three tank cars carrying diesel fuel and two carrying molten sulfur ...

A newly released investigation report found that a crossover switch caused train cars to derail and collide in Denver, ...

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The trackway where an Amtrak Cascades train derailed Sunday afternoon contains a special switch that’s designed to nudge a train off-course as a last resort so it won’t collide with the bridge just ...