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Kansas City Southern railroad merger approved despite growing concerns over rail safety
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe merger with Canadian Pacific will bring more traffic to some small towns and big cities, drawing...
Norfolk Southern is recovering from a technology problem that shut down its railroad
WPXI via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNorfolk Southern railroad is recovering from a “hardware-related technology outage” that disrupted...
Year in review: These were 10 of the biggest news stories of 2022 in Kansas City
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoAn investigation of racism in policing in Kansas City. A historic vote on abortion in Kansas. A...
‘Railroads have just had too much power,’ Buttigieg says in KC after Ohio train disaster
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoU.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pledged to hold American freight railroads to...
What the proxy fight at Norfolk Southern means for railroad safety
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoJust more than a year after a massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train led to the...
Norfolk Southern's accident rate spiked over the last decade
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe country’s major freight railroads were becoming more dangerous even before the train wreck in...
‘Nothing is without risk.’ Feds say safety concerns in railroad merger are unfounded
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“There is no factual basis to conclude that the merger will worsen safety,” the Surface...
Norfolk Southern content with minimum safety too often, regulators say after fiery Ohio derailment
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern made improvements after one of its trains derailed, caught fire...
Railroad workers set informational picket in Davenport
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMembers of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees of the International Brotherhood of...
Where did the city of Lee’s Summit get its name? The history and legacy is complicated
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMany assume Lee’s Summit was named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and a reader asked What’s...