Risks to Watch: Climate Change and Football Stadiums; Air Taxis and More
In this edition of Carrier Management's Risk Alerts: Football stadiums could potentially lose billions due to climate change. Longer trains bring higher risk of ...
train derailment News
New Federal Rule Requires Railroads to Detail Hazardous Cargo Immediately After Derailment
A new federal rule finalized Monday aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train almost immediately after a derailment so they can respond appropriately. Too ...
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 ...
Regulators Say Railroads Must Examine How They Build Trains
Federal regulators said Friday that railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains after a string of derailments in recent years that were at least partly ...
Senate Leader Schumer Urges Federal Safety Probe into Freight Railroads
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday urged the National Transportation Safety Board to launch an investigation into safety practices of all seven major ...
Buttigieg Urges U.S. Railroads to Boost Safety, Not Oppose Reforms
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday he would call on major railroads to improve safety after a Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, of a train ...
Britain Train Crash Is Worst in 15 Years; 3 People Dead
Britain suffered its worst train crash in more than 15 years after a derailment in Scotland killed three people, including the driver, and left another six injured. The Scotrail service was traveling ...
After Derailment Spills 230,000 Gallons of Oil in Iowa, BNSF Railway Pursues Service Restoration
BNSF Railway Co on Monday said it could resume service Tuesday on a stretch of northwestern Iowa track damaged when a train left the track and crude oil spilled from derailed cars. The crude oil ...