Marietta Police said the homeless man had fallen on the tracks, was unable to get up and eventually suffered hypothermia An alert freight train conductor is being praised for rescuing a homeless man ...

FONTANA, Calif. – A surgical team amputated the arm of a conductor Friday to free him from the wreckage of a locomotive that struck a slow-moving freight train on tracks 50 miles east of Los Angeles.

The role: Train conductors are responsible for the safe co-ordination and operation of locomotives. They keep track of schedules and shipping records, as well as assist in the coupling and uncoupling ...

Two weeks ago, a BNSF freight train conductor, who asked not to be named so he could speak freely about his experience, fell asleep on duty while the train was moving.

Booth is a Retired Norfolk & Western conductor with 42 years of service and a lifelong rail historian. He lives in Roanoke. Sometime in the near future the nations railroads plans to implement the ...

A recent headline in The Baltimore Sun raised a prime question surrounding the railroad industry these days (“Tech could cut train crews from 2 to 1, but is it safe?” Jan. 21). Unfortunately, the ...