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Railroads and Their Regulators Thwart Safety Fixes, Analysis Finds

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

Human errors and track defects caused more than 3,000 rail accidents over the last decade, killing 23 people and injuring nearly 1,200. Yet federal railroad regulators failed to implement most of the safety recommendations that emerged from accident investigations. That’s according to an original analysis by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University […]

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Freight Railroads Fail to Join Federal Safety Program After Ohio Derailment

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Freight Railroads Fail to Join Federal Safety Program After Ohio Derailment

Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent accidents. Two railroads — BNSF and Norfolk Southern — launched partial trials, but haven’t fully

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