OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants the nation’s freight railroads to immediately act to improve safety while...
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke...
MENDON, Mo. (AP) — The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump...
Federal transportation officials are requiring railroads to establish regional response teams along oil train routes following a series of fiery...
A railroad crossing sign and the blasting horn of an approaching train weren’t enough to stop a motorist who narrowly...
Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which two track workers were killed, U.S. safety...
U.S. regulators should crack down on railroads which fail to meet a looming deadline to activate systems that safety officials...
U.S. officials are abandoning plans to require sleep apnea screening for truck drivers and train engineers, a decision that safety...
Indiana’s most dangerous rail crossings could soon receive safety upgrades thanks to a new law which provides $10 million to...
Both maintenance workers killed by an Amtrak train near Philadelphia, Pa., last year were on drugs when the crash happened,...