New legislation would require railroads to conduct automated and human track inspections (updated)
WASHINGTON — In the latest in a recent series of rail safety bills, U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Josh…
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WASHINGTON — In the latest in a recent series of rail safety bills, U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Josh…
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has weighed in on the Surface Transportation Board’s proposal to revise its rules regarding reciprocal…
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WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board today released an update on the status of 13 pending proceedings, with Board Chairman…
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WASHINGTON — Republican members of Congress today urged the Surface Transportation Board to conduct a thorough review of the proposed…
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WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the National Transportation Safety Board are among agencies affected…
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BERKELEY, Ill. — Seven suburban communities along Union Pacific’s east-west main line are organizing to pursue representation in the UP-Norfolk…
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TRENTON, N.J. — Outgoing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law a bill regulating hazardous-material trains in the…
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has moved to reestablish the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee, after disbanding it last summer.…
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WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board today issued a setback to Union Pacific’s effort to acquire Norfolk Southern, rejecting the…
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WASHINGTON — House members from Pennsylvania and Ohio have introduced a bill requiring the Federal Railroad Administration to study tank…
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has failed to enact a majority of recommendations from National Transportation Safety Board accident…
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration announced it has collected $15.4 million in civil penalties from Class I railroads under…
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