Railroads

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, March 22, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Emmanuel Macron should follow Margaret Thatcher’s lead and break France’s railway unions

Tom Rogan · March 22, 2018 6:12 pm

Lawmakers turn up the heat on railroads to install safety systems

Diana Stancy Correll · March 20, 2018 4:00 am

On Wednesday, President Trump reportedly tried to convince House Speaker Paul Ryan to stop funding an infrastructure project that would connect lower Manhattan and New Jersey through a rail tunnel underneath the Hudson River. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump pressed Paul Ryan to reject funding for rail tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey: Reports

Daniel Chaitin · March 3, 2018 3:33 pm

Renegotiating NAFTA: A win for the heartland

Renegotiating NAFTA: A win for the heartland

Edward R. Hamberger and mike-omalley · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

An Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Va. (Zack Wajsgrasu/The Daily Progress via AP)

NTSB: Truck hit by train carrying GOP lawmakers was in railroad crossing even though gates were down

Melissa Quinn · February 21, 2018 8:06 pm

In January, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., introduced legislation called the Safe Freight Act, which requires that at least two people are at the controls for freight trains. Supporters say the bill will increase safety, but critics say the measure is unnecessary. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Lawmakers want a new rule to increase freight train safety

Diana Stancy Correll · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

The move further casts leadership of the top federal railroad safety regulator in doubt as Democrats have placed a hold on President Trump's nominee to fill the role. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Top Federal Railroad Administration official steps down while Trump’s nominee to lead agency remains in limbo

Daniel Chaitin · February 10, 2018 7:27 pm

Amtrak said there were 52 passengers on the train at the time of the incident, and no one was injured. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Amtrak train from DC to NYC separates while traveling at 125 mph

Melissa Quinn · February 6, 2018 7:30 pm

Author Stephen King apologized for saying that a train crash that involved Republican lawmakers was "karma." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Stephen King apologizes for mocking Republicans after train crash

Caitlin Yilek · February 2, 2018 3:29 pm

An Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Va. (Zack Wajsgrasu/The Daily Progress via AP)

Stephen King: It’s ‘karma’ that train carrying GOP lawmakers crashed

Caitlin Yilek · February 1, 2018 6:46 pm

An Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Va. (Zack Wajsgrasu/The Daily Progress via AP)

Beltway Confidential

BREAKING: Train collisions are not good fodder for political jokes.

Becket Adams · January 31, 2018 7:52 pm

Cars from an Amtrak train lay spilled onto Interstate 5 below on Dec. 18 in DuPont, Washington. The Amtrak train was making its first-ever run along a faster new route. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Democrats pressure DOT over safety fixes after Amtrak derailment

Diana Stancy Correll · January 23, 2018 5:01 am