Advancing rail safety requires sustained collaboration among regulators, railroads, suppliers, and researchers. FRA ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Norfolk Southern’s safety train rolled into Lexington Tuesday to provide hands-on training for local first responders. For years, Norfolk Southern has prioritized railroad ...

Late last month, Norfolk Southern hosted three days of safety training in Harrisburg for emergency responders from across central Pennsylvania. The training provided by the company, which owns ...

OmniTRAX affiliate Panhandle Northern Railway (PNR) and the Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) recently held a two-day railroad emergency response training in Borger, Tex., that combined a ...

CAMP. LYONS ALAN SHOPE SHOWS US WHAT IS BEING DONE. A LOT OF WHAT I SEE IS HUMAN ERROR. IT’S AN AFTERNOON ON TOP OF A TRAIN FOR KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT CHIEF ANDREW NOVAK. JUST ...

A road locomotive carries up to 6,000 gallons of diesel fuel. One empty railcar can weigh more than 67,000 pounds. Hit the emergency break and a train won't stop for 1.5 miles. "You don't realize how ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The nation's largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths. The Transportation ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — A new rail safety training program seeks to save more lives by preventing people from trespassing on railroad tracks. BeRailSafe, the N.C. Department of Transportation Rail division’s ...

Rail staff are being given special training on how to remove pesky swans from the tracks. Network Rail has partnered with the Swan Sanctuary so that its workers can learn how to get the birds out of ...

FILE - A CSX freight train passes through Homestead, Pa., Feb. 12, 2018. The nation's largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake ...