Tag: Rail accidents
Rushed railcar inspections and 'stagnated' safety record reinforce concerns after fiery Ohio crash
Major freight railroads are rushing railcar inspections, reinforcing known safety concerns raised by unions for years, but at a House hearing Tuesday they'll...
EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
The EPA's Inspector General is investigating why the agency didn't get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East...
Few residents opt out of $600 million class action settlement in East Palestine, Ohio, derailment
Few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last year's disastrous East...
A railway union strike in Sri Lanka leaves tens of thousands of commuters stranded
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A railway union strike stopped most trains across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of passengers to...
All rail cars carrying hazardous material have been removed from North Dakota derailment site
All of the rail cars that contained hazardous materials have been removed from the site of a train derailment in North Dakota, and...
Shelter-in-place order briefly issued at North Dakota derailment site, officials say
Officials at the remote site of a derailed train carrying hazardous materials that sparked a fire in North Dakota briefly issued a shelter-in-place...