In the latest in a recent series of rail safety bills, U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced on Wednesday, March 4, that they would introduce legislation requiring ...

Human errors and track defects caused more than 3,000 rail accidents over the last decade, killing 23 people and injuring nearly 1,200. Yet federal railroad regulators failed to implement most of the ...

More than 3,000 rail accidents, causing 23 deaths and nearly 1,200 injuries over the past decade, have been attributed to human error and track defects. Yet, federal ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- An inspection of crude oil tank cars and rails traveling through New York State has found 93 defects so far, and an accident could be catastrophic. Just weeks after Eyewitness News ...

New bill requires railroads use both automated track inspections and visual track inspections to avoid derailments ...

Train derailments are significant safety events that can lead to serious injuries, damage, and disruptions. While rare, they are often the result of a combination of factors related to the environment ...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 23 and 24 published two successive, related Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) the agency says will enhance railroad track safety by requiring ...

In one of the oldest railroad stories, folk legend John Henry races against a machine hammering holes for the construction of a railroad tunnel, only to die from exhaustion after just barely beating ...