By Jeff Sturgeon jeff.sturgeon@roanoke.com 981-3251 A coal train hit a container train early Thursday morning in rural Charlotte County, derailing multiple cars and locomotives, spilling diesel fuel and coal, and injuring a conductor.

By Jeff Sturgeon, The Roanoke Times, Va. Dec. 14--A coal train hit a container train early Thursday morning in rural Charlotte County, derailing multiple cars and locomotives, spilling diesel fuel and coal, and injuring a conductor.

GREENSBORO ---- Norfolk Southern calls it "foreign power," but it's unrelated to U.S. influence abroad. It's locomotive power ---- and color.

By Tim Thornton, The Roanoke Times, Va. Mar. 24--The state is conducting what Director of Rail Kevin Page calls an independent review of potential sites for an intermodal rail yard.

By Ana Ribeiro, The Roanoke Times, Va. Dec. 21--A Salem woman and her two children narrowly escaped as a train struck their car at the city's Mill Lane crossing, Salem police and a railroad official said. The accident happened about 10 p.m.