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FinanceRailroad union says ‘enough is enough’ after remote-controlled train crushes worker to death over the weekend
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressSeptember 18, 2023
EnvironmentExplosion at the world’s largest railyard in Nebraska releases ‘heavy toxic smoke’, triggering evacuations
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressSeptember 15, 2023
LeadershipThe 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 PressSeptember 11, 2023
FinanceFederal inspectors warn of ‘significant risk to rail safety’ after reporting alarming number of Union Pacific defects
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressSeptember 10, 2023
PoliticsRailroad 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 PressAugust 25, 2023
FinanceNorfolk Southern and other big railroads claim they encourage safety and transparency—but nearly 800 whistleblower complaints say otherwise
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressAugust 21, 2023
EnvironmentThe 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 PressJuly 6, 2023
PoliticsThe 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 PressJune 27, 2023
EnvironmentTrain 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 PressJune 25, 2023
PoliticsRailroad safety standards have gotten so bad the NTSB is beginning to question the whole concept of self-regulation
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressJune 25, 2023
By Ian JefferiesJune 15, 2023
SuccessNorfolk Southern is first railroad to give all workers sick days—like most other industries have done for decades
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressJune 5, 2023
FinanceBiden administration will hand out $570 million in grants to help eliminate dangerous railroad crossings in 32 states
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressJune 5, 2023
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