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Union Pacific
Leadership

The Feds’ top railroad cop just wrote to Union Pacific saying spot checks found defects were twice the national average this summer

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
September 11, 2023
Federal inspectors warn of ‘significant risk to rail safety’ after reporting alarming number of Union Pacific defects
Finance

Federal inspectors warn of ‘significant risk to rail safety’ after reporting alarming number of Union Pacific defects

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
September 10, 2023
Ian Jefferies, president and chief executive officer at the Association of American Railroads
Politics

Railroad giants slam the brakes on safety hotline because they want to be able to discipline staff who use it

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
August 25, 2023
Norfolk Southern crash
Finance

Norfolk Southern and other big railroads claim they encourage safety and transparency—but nearly 800 whistleblower complaints say otherwise

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
August 21, 2023
Norfolk Southern derailment
Environment

The fiery Ohio train derailment is turning into a finger-pointing legal fight as Norfolk Southern slaps supplier with lawsuit

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
July 6, 2023
Alan Shaw, Misti Allison
Politics

The federal government’s failure to ensure that trains won’t derail and create fiery toxic messes has states rolling up their sleeves and regulating

By Marc Levy, Josh Funk and The Associated Press
June 27, 2023
Yellowstone River bridge collapse
Environment

Train carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur spills into Montana’s Yellowstone River as bridge collapses, drinking water shut off downstream

By Matthew Brown, Gene Johnson and The Associated Press
June 25, 2023
Keith Drabick, Drew McCarty
Politics

Railroad safety standards have gotten so bad the NTSB is beginning to question the whole concept of self-regulation

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
June 25, 2023
Railroad critics don’t see the full picture–and how much safer rail is becoming
Commentary

Railroad critics don’t see the full picture–and how much safer rail is becoming

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June 15, 2023
Norfolk Southern is first railroad to give all workers sick days—like most other industries have done for decades
Success

Norfolk Southern is first railroad to give all workers sick days—like most other industries have done for decades

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
June 5, 2023
Biden administration will hand out $570 million in grants to help eliminate dangerous railroad crossings in 32 states
Finance

Biden administration will hand out $570 million in grants to help eliminate dangerous railroad crossings in 32 states

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
June 5, 2023
Randi Berghorst
Success

A railroad’s former employee of the year claims her decades of promotions came to a screeching halt after she came out as trans

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
May 9, 2023
Derailment
Politics

The feds are warning railroads that their love of long trains is leading to horrible accidents and derailments—but they’re not doing anything about it yet

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
April 28, 2023
LA-Vegas high-speed rail
Politics

Both parties want high-speed rail from LA to Vegas to get ‘more people spending money at our hotels, restaurants, casinos, and small businesses’

By Ken Ritter and The Associated Press
April 24, 2023
Rail unions tell railroads to buy back less stock and invest more money in safety after string of derailments
Finance

Rail unions tell railroads to buy back less stock and invest more money in safety after string of derailments

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
April 21, 2023

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