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Blocked Rail Crossings Snarl Towns, but Congress Won’t Act

Freight trains frequently stop and block the roads of York, Ala., sometimes cutting off two neighborhoods for hours. Emergency services and health care workers can’t get in, and those trapped […]



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Norfolk Southern’s Push for Profits Compromised Safety, Workers Say

Norfolk Southern once had so few accidents and injuries that it won the rail industry’s prestigious E.H. Harriman safety award for 23 years in a row until it was retired […]



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Ohio Derailment Highlights Gap in Rail Safety Regulations

The company wanted to “use your community’s safety as their bargaining chip to further pursue their record profits,” the official, Jonathon Long, wrote. He is the general chairman of the […]