New U.S. and Canadian speed limits for oil trains will do little to temper the likelihood and severity of explosive...
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U.S. regulators took on the powerful rail industry on Friday, announcing plans to require expensive, high-tech braking technology the railways...
Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut say they want to “overhaul” rail safety laws to...
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on systemic flaws leading up to a 2012 train derailment...
A deadly head-on train collision in Arkansas proves more needs to be done to improve safety, but implementing fixes industrywide...
Four members of Congress are turning up the pressure on Metro-North Railroad, announcing Tuesday they’ve introduced legislation to improve rail...
Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by U.S. government and industry to make safer tank cars...
U.S. officials have promised to issue within weeks new safety standards for the kind of tank cars involved in a...
The operator of Amtrak’s Downeaster says the Boston-to-Portland service is safe, despite the most serious accident in the nine-year history...