New York state’s comptroller urged federal authorities Tuesday to strengthen safety measures against oil spills and require trains to carry...
Federal Railroad Administration News
Federal regulators are failing to refer serious safety violations involving freight rail shipments of crude oil and other hazardous cargo...
Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told the government they won’t meet a 2018 deadline...
A fiery oil train derailment that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in West Virginia last February was caused...
Only a small number of U.S. railroads will meet the Dec. 31 deadline for implementing new train safety technology that...
The Obama administration on Wednesday released a new regulation intended to prevent explosive rail disasters such as the 2013 oil...
The union for Amtrak’s locomotive engineers urged the railroad on Tuesday to put a second crew member at the controls...
Six passengers on an Amtrak train that derailed May 12 in Philadelphia, killing eight and injuring more than 200, sued...
Federal regulators ordered Amtrak, the U.S. passenger rail service, to immediately improve safety on its Northeast Corridor route from Washington...
Amtrak will resume passenger service in the Northeast corridor on Monday, a day earlier than planned, after replacing track near...