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Dead Workers, Severed Limbs Missing from Railroad Safety Data: Thanks to government loopholes, rail companies haven’t been scrutinized by the Federal Railroad ...
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Dead Workers, Severed Limbs Missing from Railroad Safety Data
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Salt Lake City may become a hub for rail routes to Los Angeles, Seattle: Utah missed out on funding to study rail lines to Boise and Las Vegas ...
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Salt Lake City may become a hub for rail routes to Los Angeles, Seattle
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A new Amtrak route may go straight through Des Moines: Would you take an Amtrak from Iowa to Texas? A federal study is exploring a possible route.
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A new Amtrak route may go straight through Des Moines
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Amtrak pledges to double riders by 2040 with expansion plans: Amtrak will aim to double its ridership by 2040 through extensive investments in expanded service ...
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Amtrak pledges to double riders by 2040 with expansion plans
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Could Tampa miss out on a new Amtrak service? : A proposal for a Chicago-Florida route skips Tampa, despite the Tampa Bay region’s Midwestern ties.
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Could Tampa miss out on a new Amtrak service?
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A timeline of the year since Norfolk Southern’s East Palestine derailment: A timeline of the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio ...
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A timeline of the year since Norfolk Southern’s East Palestine derailment
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NTSB investigating Norfolk Southern employee death in Alabama: A Norfolk Southern employee was killed in an accident in Decatur, Alabama.
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NTSB investigating Norfolk Southern employee death in Alabama
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East Palestine derailment leads to new rule to protect train crews: Railroads will have to provide protective gear for crews on trains carrying hazardous ...
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East Palestine derailment leads to new rule to protect train crews
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Iowa lawmakers advance rail safety bill, despite reservations: Bill would require railroads to deploy defect detectors along branch lines
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Iowa lawmakers advance rail safety bill, despite reservations
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Amtrak in Ohio: Backers hope where there's a will, there's a railway: Four proposals for expansion of passenger train travel in Ohio got federal planning dollars ...
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Amtrak in Ohio: Backers hope where there's a will, there's a railway
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Deadliest Train In America Kills 3 People In 2 Separate Collisions At The Same Crossing
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Deadliest Train In America Kills 3 People In 2 Separate Collisions At The ...
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A legislator from a railroad town takes on the railroads: She’s from a railroad town, but Del. Shelly Simonds, D-Newport News, is gearing up to face down some of ...
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A legislator from a railroad town takes on the railroads
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A Train Took His Legs. KCS Railway Put the Blame on Him.: After brakeman Chris Cole lost both his legs on the job, railroad officials removed evidence before ...
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A Train Took His Legs. KCS Railway Put the Blame on Him.
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Railroad Supervisors Go to Extremes to Hide Worker Injuries: Railroad officials have lied, spied and bribed to keep workers’ injuries off the books ...
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Railroad Supervisors Go to Extremes to Hide Worker Injuries
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Amtrak from Ronkonkoma to D.C.? Feds fund $500G for study: Under the plan, passengers would be able to board Amtrak at Ronkonkoma, Hicksville and Jamaica stops.
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Amtrak from Ronkonkoma to D.C.? Feds fund $500G for study
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Biden pledges $8.2B for first U.S. high-speed rail system, new rail corridors - UPI.com
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Biden pledges $8.2B for first U.S. high-speed rail system ...
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Biden pledges $8.2B for first U.S. high-speed rail system, new rail corridors - UPI.com
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Biden pledges $8.2B for first U.S. high-speed rail system ...
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C’mon Kentucky, do the loco-motive and get some more passenger rail in the state | Opinion
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C’mon Kentucky, do the loco-motive and get some more passenger rail in the ...
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White House unveils high-speed rail project for Atlanta airport: The White House says President Joe Biden is investing into a new high-speed rail corridor for ...
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White House unveils high-speed rail project for Atlanta airport
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How the Railroad Industry Intimidates Employees Into Putting Speed Before Safety: Railroad companies have penalized workers for taking the time to make needed ...
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How the Railroad Industry Intimidates Employees Into Putting Speed Before ...
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Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions
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Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail ...
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D-FW to Houston high-speed route: 2024 deadlines, challenges await: Planners and proponents of high-speed rail are hopeful that federal funding with help from ...
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D-FW to Houston high-speed route: 2024 deadlines, challenges await
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C’mon Kentucky, do the loco-motive and get some more passenger rail in the state | Opinion
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C’mon Kentucky, do the loco-motive and get some more passenger rail in the ...
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Most train horns to stay quiet as Feds preserve Broward’s ‘quiet zone’ along FEC corridor
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Most train horns to stay quiet as Feds preserve Broward’s ‘quiet zone’ ...
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California wins $3.1 billion federal grant for high-speed rail. How will it be spent?
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California wins $3.1 billion federal grant for high-speed rail ...
Quick Glance: New High-Speed Rail Set to Revolutionize SoCal-Vegas Connection
  • New high-speed rail Brightline West set to become fastest in the U.S.

  • $3 billion federal grant awarded to high-speed rail project linking Inland Empire and Las Vegas, expected to open by 2028.

  • Brightline secures grant for high-speed rail construction in Southern California.

  • Biden administration leading the way for high-speed rail projects in the U.S.
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Salt Lake City train to Las Vegas, Boise: Feds deny funding to study project: Utah transportation officials applied for federal money to study the possibility of ...
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Salt Lake City train to Las Vegas, Boise: Feds deny funding to study ...
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Plan to expand Pennsylvania train service gets federal boost: Federal lawmakers announced developments in the push for passenger trains from Reading to ...
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Plan to expand Pennsylvania train service gets federal boost
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Houston-Dallas high-speed train receives $500k for development: Funding for development shows promise of passenger rail in Texas, but also alternative options to ...
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Houston-Dallas high-speed train receives $500k for development
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Biden is spending $16 billion more on making Amtrak faster: Projects receiving funding include a new tunnel in Baltimore, running Metro-North service through New ...
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Biden is spending $16 billion more on making Amtrak faster
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Broken rail caused Colorado train derailment that collapsed bridge, preliminary findings show
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Broken rail caused Colorado train derailment that collapsed bridge ...
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Amtrak refusing new Acela trains amid safety issues and delays: Amtrak has halted payment on its new fleet of Acela cars as the manufacturer has been unable to ...
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Amtrak refusing new Acela trains amid safety issues and delays
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This Bucks County train station could get elevators and more as part of $61 million renovation
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This Bucks County train station could get elevators and more as part of ...
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Federal rail infrastructure money to help pay for Baltimore tunnel, Maryland bridge replacements and Penn Station face-lift
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Federal rail infrastructure money to help pay for Baltimore tunnel ...
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Amtrak’s inspector general says first of new $2 billion Acelas don’t meet federal standards
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Amtrak’s inspector general says first of new $2 billion Acelas don’t meet ...
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I-25 likely to be closed for at least several days after train derailed north of Pueblo, killing truck driver
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I-25 likely to be closed for at least several days after train derailed ...
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Regulators Blast Union Pacific for Running Unsafe Trains: The nation’s largest freight rail carrier failed to fix and continued to use faulty equipment ...
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Regulators Blast Union Pacific for Running Unsafe Trains
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How Norfolk Southern Is Addressing Blocked Train Crossings in Hammond, Indiana: The railroad company has delivered on early, short-term fixes for the trains ...
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How Norfolk Southern Is Addressing Blocked Train Crossings in Hammond ...
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Faster trains to begin carrying passengers as Amtrak’s monopoly falls: Brightline, the only private operator of intercity passenger trains, is about to launch ...
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Faster trains to begin carrying passengers as Amtrak’s monopoly falls
Quick Glance: Amtrak's Monopoly Ends as Faster Trains Carry Passengers
  • The only private operator of long-distance trains is about to launch a new service in Florida.

  • Amtrak's decades-long monopoly on long-distance passenger rail travel will come to an end in the coming weeks in Florida.

  • The modern introduction of private passenger trains connecting two major metropolitan areas will happen without federal assistance.

  • The Brightline Florida will achieve speeds of over 125 mph in some areas - the fastest train in the country outside the D.C.-Boston region.
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The 5 higher-speed rail projects taking shape in the U.S.: Here are five U.S. projects that have boosted prospects for a high-speed rail system.
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The 5 higher-speed rail projects taking shape in the U.S.
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All aboard? Amtrak could fast track Houston-Dallas bullet train.: Amtrak's interest in the Houston-Dallas high-speed rail project could bring federal dollars to ...
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All aboard? Amtrak could fast track Houston-Dallas bullet train.
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Casey, Fetterman Push Norfolk Southern to Join Close Call Reporting System: "After the East Palestine derailment, Norfolk Southern announced on March 2 that ...
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Casey, Fetterman Push Norfolk Southern to Join Close Call Reporting System
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All aboard? Amtrak could fast track Houston-Dallas bullet train.: Amtrak's interest in the Houston-Dallas high-speed rail project could bring federal dollars to ...
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All aboard? Amtrak could fast track Houston-Dallas bullet train.
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Norfolk Southern says technology outage shut down its system: The railroad said there is no indication that the outage was related to any cybersecurity incident.
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Norfolk Southern says technology outage shut down its system
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Fatal Florida train crash highlights dangers of private, unguarded crossings that exist across US
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Fatal Florida train crash highlights dangers of private, unguarded ...
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Massachusetts East-West Rail vision gets $108M federal boost: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has secured $108 million in federal funding to begin ...
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Massachusetts East-West Rail vision gets $108M federal boost
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Gulf Coast passenger rail service from New Orleans secures big federal grant: The return of passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans benefits ...
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Gulf Coast passenger rail service from New Orleans secures big federal ...
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Ohio worker dies after being struck by remote-controlled train: Unions said a third railway worker was killed on Sunday by a remote-controlled train ...
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Ohio worker dies after being struck by remote-controlled train
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Explosion at world’s largest railyard in Nebraska prompts evacuations because of heavy toxic smoke
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Explosion at world’s largest railyard in Nebraska prompts evacuations ...
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Railroad’s safety progress after Ohio derailment falls short, report says: Norfolk Southern has made progress on improving safety in the wake of its fiery Ohio ...
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Railroad’s safety progress after Ohio derailment falls short, report says
Quick Glance: Norfolk Southern neglects minimum safety requirements after Ohio derailment
  • Frequently, the railroad only meets the minimum safety requirements.

  • Norfolk Southern is collaborating with employees to improve safety and address the report's findings.

  • The rail agency notes that Norfolk Southern often prioritizes compliance with minimum safety requirements instead of addressing safety concerns beyond existing regulations.

  • CEO Alan Shaw defends the railroad's overall safety record, highlighting a decrease in derailments since operational restructuring.
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DeWine announces $100 million to help eliminate dangerous railroad crossings: Cities can use money to leverage federal funds.
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DeWine announces $100 million to help eliminate dangerous railroad ...
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NTSB blames poor track conditions for fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment: Federal investigators cited a lax safety culture at BNSF Railway, which owns the track in ...
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NTSB blames poor track conditions for fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment
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Dozens of Freight Trains, Including At Least 15 Carrying Hazardous Materials, Have Derailed Since East Palestine
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Dozens of Freight Trains, Including At Least 15 Carrying Hazardous ...
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Can a train block an intersection for long? Here’s what California law has to say
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Can a train block an intersection for long? Here’s what California law has ...
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Track repairs completed after Jamaica derailment; investigation continues: MTA chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said "the area of focus" in the investigation is a ...
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Track repairs completed after Jamaica derailment; investigation continues
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Train carrying dry cleaning chemical derails in Pa., prompting evacuation: No spill or injuries were reported in the CSX derailment that occurred in Whitemarsh ...
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Train carrying dry cleaning chemical derails in Pa., prompting evacuation
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US advances $6.88 billion grant for key New York tunnel project: The Biden administration advanced a key $6.88 billion grant to help build a long-delayed new ...
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US advances $6.88 billion grant for key New York tunnel project
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NTSB: CSX employee killed by train last month at Seagirt fell off during ‘shoving’ operation
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NTSB: CSX employee killed by train last month at Seagirt fell off during ...
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Crews Begin Removing Risky Chemical at Montana Train-Derailment Site: The Federal Railroad Administration joins a probe of the Yellowstone River bridge collapse ...
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Crews Begin Removing Risky Chemical at Montana Train-Derailment Site