June 6, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The Chemical & Engineering News posted the following article by Glenn Hess on its website on June 6.) WASHINGTON — Chemical shippers and railroad carriers disagreed last week at a Department of Transportation (DOT) hearing over how to improve the safety...
June 6, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The Chemical & Engineering News posted the following article by Glenn Hess on its website on June 6.) WASHINGTON — Chemical shippers and railroad carriers disagreed last week at a Department of Transportation (DOT) hearing over how to improve the safety...
May 11, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Lindsey Ellerson was posted on the ABC News website on May 10.) WASHINGTON — Two trains collide and a passenger car is left teetering from a cliff. Unsure of where the exits are or how to escape, you wait in fear. It’s likely that...
May 11, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Lindsey Ellerson was posted on the ABC News website on May 10.) WASHINGTON — Two trains collide and a passenger car is left teetering from a cliff. Unsure of where the exits are or how to escape, you wait in fear. It’s likely that...
May 11, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 10.) WASHINGTON — A new rescue training simulator that can rotate a full-sized commuter rail car up to 180 degrees to teach emergency responders how to save passengers from rollover train...
May 11, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 10.) WASHINGTON — A new rescue training simulator that can rotate a full-sized commuter rail car up to 180 degrees to teach emergency responders how to save passengers from rollover train...
March 24, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Samuel Bruchey was posted on the Newsday website on March 24.) PUEBLO, Colo. — On a frozen Colorado desert, two old Long Island Rail Road cars paid the ultimate price for safety yesterday. Just after 1 p.m. Eastern time, the...
March 24, 2006 | DOT, Headlines
(The following article by Samuel Bruchey was posted on the Newsday website on March 24.) PUEBLO, Colo. — On a frozen Colorado desert, two old Long Island Rail Road cars paid the ultimate price for safety yesterday. Just after 1 p.m. Eastern time, the...
March 24, 2006 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(The following article by Caitlin Liu was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on March 24.) LOS ANGELES — Standing in front of railroad tracks near Glendale where a deadly Metrolink crash occurred just over a year ago, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman...
March 24, 2006 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(The following article by Caitlin Liu was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on March 24.) LOS ANGELES — Standing in front of railroad tracks near Glendale where a deadly Metrolink crash occurred just over a year ago, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman...