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Railroads Win Class Certification Appeal in Price-Fix Case

The four largest U.S. railroad companies won their bid to reverse a ruling that turned a price- fixing lawsuit against them by shippers into a group lawsuit with potential damages of at least $10 billion. A three-judge panel of the …

Pedestrian Rail Deaths Get Little Notice: Report

Around midnight on May 30, 2012, Mary Gaffney, 17, was struck and killed by a freight train in Riverdale Park, Md. She was taking a shortcut through a residential area and may have been wearing earphones when a CSX freight …

Illinois Senators Urge Railroads to Conduct More Inspections

Illinois congressmen want federal watchdog agencies to ensure railroad companies are conducting frequent track inspections to prevent rail derailments resulting from heat-related track buckling, after this month’s deadly suburban Chicago accident. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk said at …