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Three U.S. senators introduce new rail safety bill

Mar 31, 2023

WASHINGTON — Three Democratic Senators from Pennsylvania and Ohio have called for new rail safety legislation they say is intended to build on provisions of the Rail Safety Act introduced earlier in March by addressing wheel-related failures and enacting new...

Man sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing engineer on BNSF train

Mar 30, 2023

FOLEY, Minn. — A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for climbing aboard a BNSF Railway train last year and attacking the engineer with a knife. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports Samuel D. Hohman of Sauk Rapids, Minn., was sentenced Wednesday...

U.S. rail volume tumbled 7.5% in Week 12

Mar 30, 2023

U.S. rail volumes fell 7.5% to 469,958 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending March 25 compared to the same period a year ago, according to Association of American Railroads data. The railroads logged 236,526 carloads, down 0.2%, and 233,432 containers and...

Ohio AG Says Deal With Norfolk Southern Won’t Affect Suit.

Mar 30, 2023

Norfolk Southern has agreed to hire Ohio businesses and workers to clean up the damage left by its Feb. 3 derailment, Attorney General David Yost told reporters Wednesday, noting that the deal his office brokered with the rail company would not affect the Buckeye...