June 30, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSHB, June 29, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For more than two-and-a-half years, the Chariton County Commission has tried to get concerns about the safety of the Porche Prairie Avenue railroad crossing addressed, but BNSF and the Missouri...
June 29, 2022 | Canada, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age, June 28, 2022) NEW YORK — The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada released on June 28 its annual reassessment of responses to outstanding safety recommendations, including nine in the rail transportation sector. TSB railway investigations...
June 16, 2022 | Congressional Hearing, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age, June 15, 2022) NEW YORK — “Examining Freight Rail Safety” was the theme of a June 14 hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. The aim: for members “to hear...
June 16, 2022 | Congressional Hearing, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure press release, June 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and...
