The US Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration rescinded a requirement for unit trains carrying crude oil and other flammable substances to use electronically controlled pneumatic braking ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Dec. 4 repealed a 2015 Federal Railroad Administration rulemaking requiring freight railroads to employ electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes on ...

On Feb. 3, nearly 50 train cars, including some carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio. Following the crash, officials conducted a controlled burn of some of ...

In response to a congressional request in the FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act, The US Department of Transportation entered into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences ...

HERE’S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER PAUL VAN OSDOL. A FORMER TOP OFFICIAL FROM THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION TELLS ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES THAT ELECTRIC SONIC BRAKES COULD HAVE MINIMIZED OR PREVENTED ...

A Feb. 23 Facebook post (direct link, archived link) shows an image of a black cloud of smoke emanating from East Palestine, Ohio. Two graphics associated with East Palestine are superimposed over the ...