NTSB Proposes Major Safety Changes After 2023 Ohio Train Derailment June 25, 2024 By David Shepardson The National Transportation Safety Board opened a meeting Tuesday to determine the probable cause of a February 2023 Norfolk Southern...
Freight Railroads Ask Courts to Throw Out Rule Requiring Two-Person Crews on Trains April 17, 2024 By Josh Funk Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in...
Freight Railroads Must Keep 2-Person Crews Under New Federal Rule April 4, 2024 By Josh Funk Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized...
Latest Ohio Train Derailment Poses No Public Risk, Officials Say March 7, 2023 SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – Authorities in Ohio say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the...
Ohio Senators Prepare Rail Safety Bill After Norfolk Southern Crash March 2, 2023 By Julie Carr Smyth COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Railroads like the one involved in this month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio...
Administration Says Railroads Have Met Safety Technology Deadline December 30, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. Transportation Department announced Tuesday that anti-derailment technology positive train control, or PTC, is in operation on all required...
New Higher-Speed Florida Train has Highest U.S. Death Rate December 4, 2019 By Terry Spencer After Richard Branson announced his Virgin Group would partner with Brightline, Florida’s new higher-speed passenger rail service, a train whisked...
Regulator Says U.S. Railroads Still Have Work to Do Installing Key Safety Technology August 2, 2019 By Matthew Daly The railroad industry has installed safety technology on nearly 90% of tracks where it is required, federal officials said Wednesday,...
Investigators Blame CSX Safety Lapses for Fatal Amtrak Collision in South Carolina July 24, 2019 By Alan Levin CSX Corp.’s lax approach to safety caused a fatal collision between a passenger train and one of the company’s parked...
Vermont Gets More Than $2M in Amtrak Rail Safety Grants February 21, 2019 The Vermont Agency of Transportation is getting more than $2 million for safety upgrades along the route of the Amtrak...