September 25, 2024 | Long Trains, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
The recently-released report confirms what the BLET has been saying all along. Longer trains create a greater risk of overall safety. Photo courtesy of Cory Rusch, BLET Division 659 ____________________ A report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and...
September 17, 2024 | Headlines, Long Trains
(Source: Associated Press, September 17, 2024) As freight trains have grown ever longer, the number of derailments related to the forces created when railcars push and pull against each other also increased, so the National Academies of Sciences said Tuesday in a...
August 16, 2024 | Headlines, Long Trains, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains.com, August 15, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board will hear from more than three dozen participants during its two-day hearing next month regarding recent trends and strategies for growth in freight railroad traffic. The hearing, set to begin at...
June 18, 2024 | Long Trains, News
A recent academic study by researchers from Brigham Young University, Georgetown University, and Virginia Tech found that the risk of derailment increases with train length. The study, which analyzed FRA data from 2013-2022, found that a 200-car freight train is 24%...
March 18, 2024 | CPKC, Headlines, Long Trains
(Source: Daily Herald, March 17, 2024) One year into a hotly contested railroad merger, suburban leaders report lengthy and more frequent freight trains, and they’re preparing for a future deluge. Full story: Daily Herald
February 15, 2024 | Headlines, Long Trains, NS, PSR
(Source: CNBC, February 10, 2024) Ancora is a $9 billion wealth advisory firm that has been using activism more often and has developed into an activist to be respected and feared. With an approximate $1 billion position in Norfolk Southern, the firm likely has a...
November 13, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation, Long Trains
(Source: Column by Ellen Montgomery published in The Pueblo Chieftain, November 11, 2023) Recent derailments clearly show the dangers that long trains carrying toxic substances pose for the environment. Shipping toxic chemicals through our communities and alongside...
June 12, 2023 | Headlines, Long Trains, NS
(Source: Fox 5 Atlanta, June 9, 2023) The Forest Park police chief says stopped trains are costing first responders valuable response time. He says trains can stall for up to five hours at a time, forcing officers to find other ways around when responding to...
