Miles-long trains are blocking first responders when every minute counts
Anchorage Daily News· 4 days agoA man suffered a stroke but a stopped train blocked paramedics from reaching him for over an hour. A...
Miles-long trains are blocking first responders when every minute counts
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoA man suffered a stroke but a stopped train blocked paramedics from reaching him for over an hour. A...
California company wants to build 2 Ohio nuclear plants: The Wake Up for Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 6 days agoIn 2019, House Speaker Larry Householder pushed through Ohio House Bill 6, which granted a $1.3...
Rail Bill Would Increase Energy Costs, Bureaucracy
Forbes· 2 days agoGiven the tragic circumstances of the train derailment, it’s understandable that Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance and other members ...
The Editorial Board: Senate pushes rail safety, but the Assembly needs to catch up
The Buffalo News· 3 days agoAbsent that assurance, it’s encouraging that Albany is looking hard at a need that became...
Toxic trains: What’s really loaded on board trains rolling through Colorado Springs
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs· 4 days agoBoth hazmat crews and state regulators cannot tell at any one point what’s loaded on board the trains travelling across Colorado, and they say that that information would make preparing for potential incidents a lot easier.
Hammond eyeing car overpass for train blockage woes, but pedestrians would be out of luck
Chicago Tribune· 7 days agoThe city of Hammond’s persistent problem with stopped trains blocking roadways has drawn renewed...
Pennsylvania "cracks" down on Shell plastics plant
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoShell has agreed to pay $10 million to Pennsylvania for exceeding emissions limits during the troubled launch of its massive new plastics plant in Beaver...
Rail merger means more hazmat shipped along upper Mississippi
Wisconsin State Journal· 4 days agoA recently completed merger between two of the country’s top-tier rail lines will send more trains...
Union Pacific: Revenue And Safety Headwinds Present Ongoing Challenges (NYSE:UNP)
Seeking Alpha· 2 days agoIn contrast, Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) can sometimes be viewed as a proxy for the broader US economy,...