CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—Haynes Hackett, a switchman of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad, who lost both legs by the sudden starting of a train which he was switching, got a verdict for $ ...

Before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) teeth really sank in, workers across industries were ...

What do switch crews know? They know a well-designed railroad operates like a dream, while an awkward track arrangement is a ...

On a warm, sunny day late in August 2016, members of the Huber Breaker Preservation Society made a historic discovery. Tracks ...

He retired from CSX Railroad after nearly 40 years of service, where he had worked as a switchman. In addition to his parents, Louis is preceded in death by his wife, Li Ling (Wong) Graham ...

Jim, the youngest of the boys, started in 1950 at Harlowton where he was a switchman for 16 years ... More than 500 people were employed by the railroad in Deer Lodge during the 1970s.

Lawrence D. McIntyre, whose sketches of landmarks and other buildings were featured weekly in The Buffalo News for more than two decades, died Monday in Harbor Health Care Center. He was 87.

The sniper, 29-year-old Railroad Switchman Evan Charles Thomas, was caught last month after eluding the police for almost a year, during which time he killed one woman, wounded four others.

Switchman, Blinded by Photographer's Flashlight, Steps in Front of Train. Blinded by the flashlight set off by a photographer yesterday in the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company's station under ...

"He was interested in the railroad and he'd come down there and take pictures of the yard office and the switchman's shanty; any place there was some action," DeHart said. "He was quite a character.