FRA encourages railroads to make better use of hot bearing detector data
WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration has updated its 2023 safety advisory that encourages railroads to make better use of…
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WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration has updated its 2023 safety advisory that encourages railroads to make better use of…
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WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday released the final report on the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern…
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WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has postponed the start of a plan by BNSF Railway and Union Pacific to…
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Rail labor groups today released a report calling for public ownership of Class I freight railroads in the U.S., arguing…
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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has ordered the Federal Railroad Administration to allow BNSF Railway to expand its automated…
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Norfolk Southern and its contractors should not have decided to vent and burn derailed tank cars…
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WASHINGTON — Two workers struck and killed by a PATCO train on the Benjamin Frankin Bridge in Camden, N.J., had…
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WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the April 26 derailment of a BNSF…
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WASHINGTON — A communication breakdown over granting permission for a train movement into the yard, as well as regarding placement…
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CHICAGO — Canadian National, CSX, and Union Pacific last week asked a federal appeals court to set aside the Surface…
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has discontinued efforts to gather information for an assessment of Union Pacific’s safety culture,…
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Four railroads have filed lawsuits in federal court to block the Federal Railroad Administration’s requirement for two-person crews for most…
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