Pedestrian struck by freight train rescued from railroad tracks in NE Portland

Portland Fire & Rescue crews used a ladder from Interstate 84 to reach and rescue a person struck by a freight train in ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Freight train locomotive catches fire in downtown Bellows Falls

BELLOWS FALLS — The locomotive of a freight train from Berkshire & Eastern Railroad caught fire Monday night as it was approaching downtown Bellows Falls. Bellows Falls Village Fire Chief Shaun ...
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2 freight trains collided in Colorado, damaging a bridge, spilling fuel and injuring 2 crew

BOULDER, Colo. — Two freight trains collided and derailed in Boulder, Colorado, on Thursday night, damaging a bridge, spilling fuel and injuring two crew members, according to police. The Boulder ...
Railway Age

TRB Releases Long-Train ‘Consensus Study’ (UPDATED)

In 2021, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...
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Impacts of Trains Longer Than 7,500 Feet

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is conducting a study of freight trains longer than 7,500 feet using an ad hoc study committee of experts. The period of performance is ...
Times of San Diego

California bill would cap freight train length for safety

A BNSF freight train in Barrio Logan. (File 9hoto by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get ...