A Feb. 23 Facebook post (direct link, archived link) shows an image of a black cloud of smoke emanating from East Palestine, Ohio. Two graphics associated with East Palestine are superimposed over the ...

Hard-to-detect braking system defects have rendered Canada’s aging fleet of grain hoppers a safety hazard, says a former director of derailment investigations for the country’s Transportation Safety ...

Air brake technology is improving. Do FRA brake test rules need updating? Freight train operations continue to evolve—specifically, longer heavier consists running in all kinds of weather conditions ...

BILLINGS, Mont. – President Donald Trump's administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it scrapped an Obama-era rule over cost ...

WASHINGTON, DC, September 25, 2018 (ENS) – Cost won out over safety, as the Trump administration Monday repealed an oil train regulation regarding the type of brakes the trains must have. Critics say ...

Based on train data, there is no indication that the brakes on the Metro-North train that crashed Sunday morning were broken, Earl Weener of the National Transportation Safety Board said at a press ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Hundreds of ...