trains

Big and small cities in the Buckeye State are looking to become part of the Amtrak expansion.

Big and small cities in the Buckeye State are looking to become part of the Amtrak expansion.

Big and small cities in the Buckeye State are looking to become part of the Amtrak expansion.

Each December, a tiny museum in northwest Ohio puts on an elaborate display celebrating a Christmas icon: trains.

Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters.

The Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine has raised questions about the safety of freight rail companies. Two bills in Congress aim to fix that and would regulate wayside defect detectors.

Federal authorities tracked nearly 50 train derailments in Ohio just last year.

Cleanup underway after Norfolk Southern train derailment in Clark County

Authorities in Springfield say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train between Dayton and Columbus.

A train derailed in Clark County near the fairgrounds and Prime Ohio Corporate Park, the fourth Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio in five months.