Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) wrote a letter to the Natural Resources Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee and to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeg to stop federal funding of a rail project.
Onion shippers in Oregon have joined together to make moving their product quicker on the rails, but recent developments might make them cry.
A Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) report says vandalism may have caused the derailment of a BNSF train in Custer, Wash., back in December. The FRA, however, has not cleared BNSF of any wrongdoing.
The U.S. District Court in Seattle convicted a woman on Sept. 9 who used shunts on BNSF railroad tracks near Bellingham, Wash.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a Safety Advisory on a Positive Train Control (PTC) issue recently identified during testing of ACSES II (Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System II) and I-ETMS (Interoperable Electronic Train Management System) technology.
There’s no denying it. The decision to cancel the NRC’s annual conference in 2021 was painful.
Canadian National has joined the ranks of other companies that require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Investigators are trying to figure out what happened when two trains collided in Prescott, Ontario, on Sept. 2.
Heavy rains left from Hurrican Ida walloped New York City and most of the northeast last night.
CSX is back in the woodshed with OSHA for firing two employees reporting safety violations.
While this story is somewhat “out of range” for our normal reporting, the gravity of the GAO’s report on rail readiness for the U.S. Army is such we thought it appropriate to report on it.
Officials are trying to figure out how a Union Pacific train derailed in Siskiyou County, Calif., at the same site of one of the worst ecological disasters in state history.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today announced a notice of funding opportunity, making available nearly $362 million through its Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program.
The Gorge Act passed back in 1986 established the Columbia River Gorge as a National Scenic Area.
A look at the top stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 20.
The NTSB has concluded that flooding was the primary cause of a Union Pacific derailment in 2019.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin of Transportation have announced the state will be providing Arntzen Corporation a WisDOT Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant for a rail project.
A CSX train has derailed in Shelby County, Ind., and officials are still trying to clean up the scene.
OmniTrax has a new chief commercial officer.
The process of Ring Road in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming a clear road when it comes to railroad tracks has been a long one.