The recent spate of major rail accidents in the nation’s freight system, like February’s 50-car derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have caused serious disruptions to several communities and ...

The Association of American Railroads has announced several key safety measures for freight rails in the wake of the Norfolk Southern derailments, including the installation of approximately 1,000 new ...

On the technology spectrum, railroads would certainly seem to skew toward the brutally simplistic side of things. A couple of strips of steel, some wooden ties and gravel ballast to keep everything in ...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Right now there's a call to action for more regulation over measures meant to keep train crews and communities safe. It comes as the National Transportation Safety Board wraps ...

The Association of American Railroads plans to install approximately 1,000 new heat detectors on lines, which are a focus in current Norfolk Southern derailment investigations. BRS, the Brotherhood of ...

The National Transportation Safety Board's daylong hearing on what caused the disastrous East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last year gave the community, railroads and ...