Error by pilot, captain is likely cause of train-barge collision, NTSB says
WASHINGTON — The failure of the pilot and caption of a tow vessel to correctly identify a caution area on…
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WASHINGTON — The failure of the pilot and caption of a tow vessel to correctly identify a caution area on…
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WASHINGTON – Rank-and-file members of rail labor are critical of a paragraph in the Presidential Emergency Board report that says…
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WASHINGTON — The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger would cause few if any adverse environmental impacts aside from increased train…
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WASHINGTON – The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger will snarl rail traffic in Chicago, particularly at a key junction where…
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court took almost six months to decide that Texas Central’s proposed 200-mph rail line…
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WASHINGTON – The Class I railroads submitted their first batch of expanded performance metrics to federal regulators this week, including…
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CALGARY, Alberta — The degradation of air brakes in extreme cold, the limited effectiveness of current train brake tests, and…
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WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern sees the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger as a threat to its Meridian Speedway intermodal traffic.…
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WASHINGTON — Amtrak is taking its effort to start service along the Gulf Coast to the Surface Transportation Board. The…
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Canadian government revises rules for winter operations, hazardous-material trains The Canadian government has revised rules regarding winter operation and hazardous…
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WASHINGTON — A brake system failure — which included an air flow restriction and the failure of an end-of-train device to…
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WASHINGTON — The CSX Transportation engineer whose train ran through a stop signal and sideswiped an oncoming train near Carey,…
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