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NTSB: Railroad Automatic Braking System Needs Upgrades to Prevent Derailments

The automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to better prevent collisions, federal safety investigators said in a report Wednesday. The National ...

Congress Deadlocked on New Railroad Safety Rules

Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger ...

Automated System Recommended for Railroad Track Flaws to Prevent Future Derailments

Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal ...

Forgo Buybacks, Spend on Safety Says Rail Unions

Rail unions want railroads to take some of the billions they're using every year to buy back their stock and spend it to improve safety in the wake of several high-profile derailments and hire more ...

Fiery Ohio Derailment Raises Railroad Safety Questions

The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke in the air and forcing residents of a small Ohio town to evacuate — has ...

Many Railroads Make Little Progress Adopting Safety Technology

Many commuter and freight railroads have made little progress installing safety technology designed to prevent deadly collisions and derailments despite a mandate from Congress, according to a ...