(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, May 2, 2023)
A Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Safety Advisory, issued on April 27, stated that there had been at least three derailments on Class I railroads in recent months that were caused by long and heavy freight trains, ones that were at least 12,250 feet long and weighed over 17,000 trailing tons. Those derailments occurred in Springfield and Ravenna, Ohio and Rockwell, Iowa, on Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific respectively.
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