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 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 ...

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 — When the 38 cars of the Norfolk Southern train derailed Feb. 3 — including 11 hauling hazardous material — the residents of East Palestine and people far beyond Columbiana County ...

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 ...

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You may have followed the story of the February 3, 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, involving 35 cars of a freight train, some of them carrying hazardous substances. The accident has prompted ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks during a board meeting concerning the February 3, 2023, train derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying ...