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derailment have been prevented? if so, how? the answer to that question will eventually come from the ntsb, which is currently investigating the crash, but we can and should take a look at the conditions of rail freight across this country and the allegations that across the industry safety is being sacrificed for profit. we spoke with one 40-plus year veteran railroader and certified accident investigator who told us what happened in east palestine was the logical outcome of precision schedules railroading. and that without change it will happen again. we're going to explain what th...

The Hi-Viz policy was a key issue when railroaders pushed for strike action in 2022, before it was pre-emptively banned by Congress and Biden.

WASHINGTON—The nation’s rail unions and the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department are hailing the Biden administration’s final rule mandating two-person crews on all but a few of the nation’s freight trains.

The Transportation Department's Federal Railroad Administration said Tuesday it will require major railroads to have at least two crew members for most trips. The final rule creates a special approval process for railroads seeking to initiate new one-person train crew operations and requires trains carrying some hazardous waste to have two-person crew. "Common sense tells us that large freight trains, some of which can be over three miles long, should have at least two crew members on board - and now there’s a federal regulation in place to ensure trains are safely staffed,&...

Railroad industry news about: Federal Railroad Administration, final rule, two-person train crew, train crew safety regulations, Pete Buttigieg, Association of American Railroads, Ian Jefferies, TTD, Greg Regan, federal regulation. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine