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Railroads and Their Regulators Thwart Safety Fixes, Analysis Finds

January 13, 2026 By Cat Murphy, Haley Parsley, Josephine Johnson and Molecule Jongwilai, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, University of Maryland

Human errors and track defects caused more than 3,000 rail accidents over the last decade, killing 23 people and injuring...

Naperville, Illinois, USA. Led by a freshly painted off-road Norfolk Southern Railway locomotive a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train passes through northeastern Illinois on its journey to Chicago. The highly active stretch of tracks, shared with Metra, Chicago's commuter railroad network, is often called the 'Racetrack' due to its heavy train volume. The freight moved over this line connects Chicago with a wide variety of southwestern, western and northwestern destinations in the United States including the country's West Coast.

Norfolk Southern Faces Criticism Over One-Minute Railcar Inspections

November 8, 2024 By Josh Funk

Norfolk Southern sparked renewed concerns about flaws being missed during railcar inspections when it told employees this week they should...

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...

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Railroads and Their Regulators Thwart Safety Fixes, Analysis Finds

Norfolk Southern Faces Criticism Over One-Minute Railcar Inspections

NTSB Says Norfolk Southern Threatened Agency During Derailment Probe

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