U.S. to Investigate Growing Length of Freight Trains as Threat to Safety December 7, 2017 By Eric M. Johnson The investigative arm of the U.S. Congress is launching a probe into the safety of increasingly long freight trains being...
NTSB: Amtrak’s Lax Safety Led to Penn. Crash That Killed Two Workers November 16, 2017 By Michael R. Sisak Two maintenance workers who were struck and killed by a speeding Amtrak train near Philadelphia last year were the victims...
Federal Officials Recommend Fining New Jersey Transit System September 5, 2017 A federal inspector has recommended imposing a fine on New Jersey’s public transportation system as it falls behind on installing...
Trump Administration Drops Rule to Address Truck Driver, Train Engineer Fatigue August 7, 2017 By Alan Levin The Trump administration is halting a year-old effort to seek better ways to diagnose truckers and railroad workers who have...
Freight Train Cars Burning After Derailment in Pennsylvania, Residents Flee August 3, 2017 By Maranie Staab Rail cars carrying gas and sulfur on a CSX Corp freight train skidded off the tracks and burst into flames...
New York, New Jersey Governors Want ‘Verification’ of Penn Station Track Safety April 13, 2017 The governors of New Jersey and New York say they want “independent verification” of track safety at New York’s Penn...
Amtrak Criticized for Derailments, Problems at New York’s Penn Station April 7, 2017 By David Porter The heads of the two major commuter rail lines that use New York’s Penn Station took turns criticizing Amtrak on...
Review: Big Decrease in Accidents at Central Texas Train Crossings March 21, 2017 Safety measures installed at Central Texas railroad crossings over the years have significantly curtailed train-vehicle accidents like the one this...
Report: Overloaded Cars Caused Connecticut Train Derailment March 3, 2017 A new report says overloaded train cars caused a freight train derailment in Connecticut last year. Nine cars containing construction...
New Jersey Transit Rail-Crew Hours Draw Scrutiny Over Safety Limit January 27, 2017 By Elise Young New Jersey Transit faces a widening examination of its safety practices after federal regulators discovered hundreds of potential work-hour violations,...