(CBS) – A CTA switchman is being suspended for the runaway train that caused a two-train collision in Forest Park late last month. Union leaders are furious, claiming the CTA is simply looking ...

when a switchman turned a wrong switch and sent it into a siding, upon which a freight train was standing. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

A former switchman with Tacoma Rail has sued the railroad, contending it created an unsafe work environment that contributed to an accident in which he lost a leg. Nathan Johnson, 45, of Fife ...

John S. Gitchell, 70, a former switchman for the Illinois Northern Railroad, died Monday in his Lombard home. Born in Chicago, Mr. Gitchell began working for the Illinois Northern Railroad in the ...

That year, the parent company, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, went out of business and Cassidy, a switchman for Southern Pacific until 1986, knew the tracks would vanish someday from ...