The expansion highlights Irish influence in the region, particularly in building canals, roads and railways. New additions can be found in Worcester and in smaller towns in Worcester County.

Six train cars carrying ethanol derailed at a Worcester railyard, but no leaks or injuries were reported, according to a spokesperson for the Providence and Worcester Railroad.

Nobody was hurt and none of the railcars leaked ethanol, Tom Ciuba, spokesperson for the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company, said in a statement. There also isn’t any impact or threat to ...

The derailment was reported by the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company around 12: 20 p.m. Sunday. WORCESTER — Two railcars containing ethanol derailed into an industrial building on ...

Ethanol is very flammable,” said Worcester Deputy Fire Chief Robert Courtney. Providence and Worcester Railroad worked into Monday to clear the overturned tanks. There were no reported injuries.

Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (NASDAQ: “PWX”) announced that Robert H. Eder, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, sustained a head injury as result of a fall while ...

Eder. Before founding Capital Properties in 1994, Eder owned the Providence & Worcester Railroad, which was sold in 2016 for $125 million. It's not clear what's next for the company. Capital ...

The incident occurred early Sunday afternoon near Cambridge Street when half a dozen rail cars on a Providence and Worcester Railroad train derailed. Deputy Chief Adam Roche of the Worcester Fire ...

But around the early 1800s, the railroad system was really expanding ... around 1853, there's a very famous train wreck, the Providence of Worcester train wreck, which ended up killing 14 people.