Year: 2024

While a new report on long trains found railroads, federal agencies and Congress should coordinate actions to address “heightened safety challenges and operational demands,” one federal lawmaker from Georgia said more infrastructure investment is needed.

Limiting train length will result in more trains passing through crossings. This will increase opportunities for train-vehicle accidents, often due to distracted driving and drivers who ignore warning signs and go around gates. In fact, nearly 40% of Union Pacific crossing incidents last year involved motorists stopped on tracks.

When I speak on railroad history, I usually make a joke early in my presentation about never seeing a train when I want to.