Freight Railroads Fail to Join Federal Safety Program After Ohio Derailment August 25, 2025 By CAIT KELLEY / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest...
Freight Train Collision in West Texas Kills 2 Union Pacific Employees December 23, 2024 By Jamie Stengle and Josh Funk Two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and...
NTSB Says Norfolk Southern Threatened Agency During Derailment Probe June 26, 2024 By David Shepardson The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said Norfolk Southern threatened the board, sought to manufacture evidence and failed...
Federal Agency Blames ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for 2021 D.C. Metro Train Derailment January 9, 2024 By ASHRAF KHALIL A top federal transportation safety official on Thursday harshly criticized Washington’s regional transit agency, saying a “poor safety culture” led...
Norfolk Southern Changes Policy on Overheated Bearings After Ohio Derailment August 3, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the...
East Palestine Community Struggles to Trust Authorities and Norfolk Southern After Train Disaster June 23, 2023 By Zahra Hirji The Norfolk Southern Corp. train was on fire when it passed Jessica Conard’s backyard in East Palestine, Ohio. Conard was...
Signaling System Error Caused India’s Worst Train Crash in Decades: Railways Minister June 5, 2023 By Rafiq Maqbool and Ashok Sharma The train derailment in eastern India that killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds more was caused by an...
Texas Freight Train Collision Injures 2 April 18, 2023 CHICO, Texas (AP) – A train collision and subsequent derailment injured two rail employees in Texas, according to a company...
Crews Clean Up After UP Train Derails in Kansas March 16, 2023 MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) – Crews continued to clean up after a train derailment a day earlier in McPherson that spilled...
Derailment of BHP Iron Ore Train Exposes Australia’s Reliance on Private Railways November 8, 2018 By Rebecca Keenan A network of private railroads more than three times the length of the New York subway system is the key...