trains

Derailed train on collapsed bridge contaminates Yellowstone River

Jenny Goldsberry · June 24, 2023 5:49 pm

India train that derailed was given wrong signal before crash: Officials

Jenny Goldsberry · June 5, 2023 12:39 am

Death toll from India train derailment rises to over 280 people

Jenny Goldsberry · June 3, 2023 9:38 pm

After East Palestine derailment, which way on rail safety legislation?

Jeremy Lott · May 19, 2023 2:51 am

This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.

Beltway Confidential

To improve railroad safety, set standards not methods

John Bitzan · May 18, 2023 6:00 am

An Amtrak train near Bowie State University in Maryland (Examiner file photo)

Senate Commerce Committee advances Railway Safety Act

Washington Examiner · May 11, 2023 11:48 am

In this photo provided by Melissa Smith, a train fire is seen from her farm in East Palestine, Ohio, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order in the Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line on Friday night, covering the area in billows of smoke lit orange by the flames below.

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Gridlock in Washington has derailed the nation — bipartisanship can get us back on track

Liam deClive-Lowe · April 28, 2023 6:00 am

California voting to ban older locomotive engines

Eden Villalovas · April 27, 2023 3:45 pm

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, Zak Pashak, 34, of Detroit and president of Detroit Bikes, poses with the company's new B-Type bike frame in Detroit. Pashak says he wants to revive bicycle making in the U.S. by mass producing bikes that retail for under $700. The 34-year-old runs a 50,000-square-foot factory on the city's west side. He says the company has sold about 1,000 bikes and he hopes to sell 5,000 by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Mandi Wright) DETROIT NEWS OUT, NO SALES, TV OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Hopes rise for more communal transportation planning

Washington Examiner · April 27, 2023 1:04 pm

Long train regulations coming?

Jeremy Lott · April 7, 2023 6:30 am

In this photo provided by Melissa Smith, a train fire is seen from her farm in East Palestine, Ohio, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.

Ohio train derailment: Department of Health to offer testing and physical exams for first responders

Misty Severi · March 29, 2023 12:22 am

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the American Jobs Plan will be "funding and supporting" measures to ensure U.S. critical infrastructure is "resilient" against cyber threats.

Buttigieg says agency will work on safety improvements in wake of East Palestine crash

Breanne Deppisch · March 23, 2023 7:32 pm