The cable that moves railcars on a historic downtown railway slipped, causing one car to hurtle down a hill and slam into another, federal investigators have concluded. Thursday’s wreck killed ...

Cable thefts from Britain's railways has increased by more than two-thirds, according to British Transport Police (BTP). BTP said cable thefts were up 70% but overall crime fell by 2.9% in 2010/11 ...

Eight Romanian men who stole cable from remote rural railway lines and replaced it with cheap shop bought wire are today beginning combined prison sentences of 23 years. The men, aged between 19 ...

Network Rail admits track-side cable theft has reached epidemic proportions, with up to five daily attacks in the North East of England alone. North of England reporter Morland Sanders investigates.

British Transport Police (BTP) say they hope tough penalties will deter railway cable thieves after a man was jailed for three years and nine months. BTP spoke out after Christopher John Mansfield ...

The cable that was stolen provides power to the overhead line equipment, which in turn powers electric trains across the tracks. Power cables worth £100,000 have been stolen from a railway line ...

Cable thefts from Britain's railways has increased by more than two-thirds, according to British Transport Police (BTP). BTP said cable thefts were up 70% but overall crime fell by 2.9% in 2010/11 ...