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Looking Back and Looking Forward: What Has Happened in the Year Since the East Palestine Train Derailment

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In the year since the East Palestine train derailment, rail safety has been a hot button issue in the United States. After the East Palestine derailment dominated news headlines in late February and March of 2023, there...more

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes new safety measures for railroads

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, H.R. 3684 (117), was signed into law by President Biden on November 15, 2021.  In addition to $66 billion in funding for passenger and freight railroads, the law contains a number...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Railroads on Track To Miss Positive Train Control Deadline

Need for Positive Train Control is Past Due - The deadline for installing and implementing positive train control, known as PTC, is Dec. 31, 2018. It likely will come and go, with a majority of the country’s railways...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Another Preventable Train Derailment

Amtrak trains have been involved in four deaths since December 2017, including the most recent tragedy in South Carolina that killed two crew members and injured more than 100 passengers....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Tragic South Carolina Train Wreck — How Preventable Was It?

Train Wreck Reports are developing that the recent and tragic crash of an AmTrak train, running on CSX rails, might have been avoided if a safety feature called a “positive train control” (PTC) had been employed at the time....more

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