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The Biden administration and congressional lawmakers are mulling new rail safety rules following the derailment in Ohio.

On February 3, a 150-car train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near East Palestine, Ohio. Close to half the town’s 4,700 residents had to evacuate as deadly gas and smoke fouled the air and chemicals contaminated waterways. Fortunately, no people were killed (although at least 3,500 fish perished), unlike in the devastating 2013 runaway train explosion that levelled the town

Trains carry hazardous chemicals everyday. They're also dangerously unregulated.

A toxic, fiery train derailment in rural Ohio is putting the railroad industrys history of cuts and deregulation in the spotlight.

What is really causing severe derailments in the United States? And is there something we can do about it? Columnist Rob Moore digs into the policy options to prevent the next East Palestine-type train disaster.

Efforts to keep costs down and make railroads more efficient have made trains less safe, experts told USA TODAY.

When former US President Donald Trump was in office, he made it a point to repeal, withdraw, or delay over

Frequent derailments may signal a need for more rapid deployment of infrastructure investment, as well.

The Ohio train derailment and chemical fire are emblematic of a rail industry that does not take safety seriously enough.

The number of Norfolk Southern hazmat train cars involved in accidents last year was six times higher than a decade earlier, official data reveals.