Coal miners in Kentucky continue to protest their former employer by blocking a railroad track that carries coal trains, demanding back pay after being laid off last month. The protest, which ...

Coal cars are rumbling down the tracks of the North Shore Scenic Railroad for the first time in years. Until this week, the line hadn't seen freight-car traffic since the late 1980s, when it was ...

Blocking Coal Train Railroad Tracks Over Wage Complaints, a Protest by Kentucky Miners Is Now Entering Its Third Week 6 minute read Miners stand on train tracks in Cumberland, Kentucky, U.S., on ...

Shortly before 9:50 p.m., the train came into view, blaring its horn as it approached the protesters. Those standing on the track began to wonder out loud whether the train was going to stop.

Montagne said it would cost at least $2.4 billion to restore the 176 miles to track from Willets to Eureka, plus billions more to prepare an interstate rail connection, upgrade Humboldt Bay’s ...

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky miners who say they haven't been paid by bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel LLC were blocking train tracks Tuesday as part of a protest against the company ...

Kentucky coal miners blocked a railroad track to protest unpaid wages owed to them by American Resources Corporation, which bought up mines last year during the bankruptcy of Cambrian Coal.

More coal is transported over the U.S. freight rail network than any other shipping method; around 70% of the coal delivered in both 2021 and 2010 was shipped either completely or in part by railroad.

The Boulder Valley Railroad hasn’t seen action in over 20 years until recently. One railroad-loving family built railbikes on the historic tracks.

There was a less dramatic incident three years later in Pittsfield when a 70-ton coal car being switched onto the siding jumped track, blocking passage of the New York express train for nearly two ...

Kentucky coal miners block train tracks in protest for pay from bankrupted company by Owen Daugherty - 07/31/19 4:55 PM ET. by Owen Daugherty - 07/31/19 4:55 PM ET.