April 13, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 11, 2023) The new restrictions — part of the railroad’s broader push on safety in the wake of the disastrous Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio — have caused significant increases in terminal dwell, slowed the merchandise and...
April 11, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Yahoo News, April 10, 2023) Two months after the East Palestine disaster, amid mounting distrust and as lawsuits pile up against Norfolk Southern, the railroad giant maintains an outsized role in monitoring for contamination in and around East Palestine....
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, FRA, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, April 7, 2023) The six derailments shared a number of characteristics: Each involved trains that consisted of 125 or more rail cars and utilized DPUs. The six incidents also involved trains that exceeded 4,000 trailing tons. Full story: Freight...
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, April 7, 2023) “Think about going thru undulating territory sort of like a Slinky. You’re either trying to keep it stretched out or you’re trying to keep it all bunched together to control the forces from going in and out because that’s what...
April 5, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Freight Waves, April 3, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration is going ahead with a proposed rule that would ensure that the train crews involved in transporting hazardous materials have access to protective equipment should they need to respond to an...
April 5, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 3, 2023) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy commended a newly proposed rule that would provide emergency escape breathing equipment for crew members on freight trains carrying hazardous materials....
April 3, 2023 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 30, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published the results of its train-to-train impact test evaluating the effectiveness of crash energy management (CEM) components in improving crashworthiness for equipped locomotives...
March 29, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 23, 2023) An improperly aligned derail was responsible for the derailment of a BNSF Railway train on the Swinomish Reservation last week, a Federal Railroad Administration representative told a local National Public Radio station. Full...
March 23, 2023 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 22, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on March 22 released a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) to expand occupational noise exposure regulations and require railroads to provide locomotive crews with...
March 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 8, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration today proposed a rule that would require railroads to provide emergency breathing apparatus for locomotive crews who are operating trains carrying hazardous materials that would pose an...
