Hurricane Ida Aftermath Delivers Deadly Lesson on Climate Change September 3, 2021 As Ida’s deadly waters receded and emergency crews raced to return power and transportation services, stunned residents of New York,...
Transportation Dept. Announces Railroads, Transit Systems Meet Key Safety Deadline December 30, 2020 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — The U.S. Transportation Department announced Tuesday that anti-derailment technology positive train control, or PTC, is in operation on...
Vital But Vulnerable, Cleaners Hold the Line Against a Virus March 25, 2020 By Mae Anderson, Alexandra Olson and Kelvin Chan NEW YORK — When hospitals need to prep a room for the next coronavirus test, when jetliners discharge their passengers...
CSX Safety Lapses Blamed for 2018 Fatal Amtrak Collision in South Carolina July 24, 2019 By Alan Levin CSX Corp.’s lax approach to safety caused a fatal collision between a passenger train and one of the company’s parked...
Passenger Train Safety Upgrade Spurs Crash-Halting Tech Feud January 15, 2019 By Christopher Yasiejko Two companies battling for a share of more than $14 billion in mandated safety upgrades on U.S. railroads are set...
President Backs Dec. 31 Deadline for Positive Train Control Safety Requirement October 9, 2015 By Angela Greiling Keane President Barack Obama plans to enforce a deadline for rail operators to install safety technology by the end of the...
Amtrak Service Could be Disrupted if Required Safety System Not Installed by Dec. 31 September 10, 2015 By Thomas Black Amtrak passenger service that runs on tracks owned by freight rail companies may be curtailed unless Congress extends a Dec....
Kin Sue Amtrak Over Rhode Island Woman’s Death After Fall October 28, 2011 By LAURA CRIMALDI The family of a 91-year-old woman who died a week and a half after falling on a train station platform...
Up to 18 Hurt in California Amtrak Collision October 14, 2011 Authorities say 16 people were hurt when two passenger trains collided at the Amtrak station in Oakland, Calif., Thursday night....
Suit in Fatal Nevada Amtrak Crash Says Door Locked September 16, 2011 Another lawsuit filed against Amtrak in the fatal crash with a truck in Nevada this summer blames a locked door...