Lawmakers, Unions Oppose Railroad Plan to Automate Track Safety Inspections August 26, 2025 A U.S. railroad industry plan to rely more heavily on technology instead of humans to conduct routine track safety inspections...
Railroad Industry Sues to Block Limit on Crew Sizes That Ohio Imposed After Derailment July 12, 2023 By Julie Carr Smyth COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The railroad industry has sued to block a new minimum crew- size requirement that Ohio imposed...
Safety Agency Opens Probe of Norfolk Southern Rail Accidents March 9, 2023 By Josh Funk and John Seewer Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the...
Buttigieg Urges U.S. Railroads to Boost Safety, Not Oppose Reforms February 21, 2023 By David Shepardson U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday he would call on major railroads to improve safety after a Feb. 3...
Chamber of Commerce Calls for ‘Urgent Action’ to Avoid Railroad Strike September 12, 2022 By David Shepardson and Lisa Baertlein The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday called for “urgent action” in railroad labor negotiations to avoid a strike and...
Aon Launches Custom Liability Product for Railroad Industry July 17, 2014 Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has launched a new product designed to support the...
NTSB: Technology Upgrade Likely Could Have Prevented N.Y. Train Derailment December 12, 2013 By Jim Fitzgerald Federal safety officials say a technology upgrade they’ve been recommending for years would probably have prevented the Dec. 1 train...
New York Train Wreck Could Be Case of Highway Hypnosis December 9, 2013 By Jennifer Peltz and Sam Hananel It’s sometimes called highway hypnosis or white-line fever, and it’s familiar to anyone who has driven long distances along a...
After Derailment, Feds Order Changes at New York Railway December 9, 2013 By David B. Caruso U.S. transportation officials ordered the Metro-North Railroad last Friday to quickly overhaul its signal system and temporarily put an extra...
New York Train Wreck Engineer Suspended Without Pay December 6, 2013 By Jennifer Peltz and Sam Hananel The engineer driving the speeding commuter train that derailed in New York City last weekend, killing four people, has been...