The combination of an improperly lined dual-controlled, power-operated switch that a conductor did not know how to operate properly and failed to verify its position as required likely led to an April 2024 CSX Transportation head-on train collision near Folkston, Georgia.
The United Kingdom’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch made two recommendations after a passenger train struck a section of redundant rail left on the track near Walton-on-Thames station in Surrey last year.
Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad have agreed that KCWB will lease and operate a line in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas.
As California’s high speed rail project lays its first tracks after spending billions of dollars since 2006, Washington officials are already looking at lessons to be learned on how to avoid a similar outcome as they work on their own multi-state, multi-national bullet train.
Union Pacific Railroad celebrated Presidents Day by unveiling its newest commemorative locomotive honoring President Abraham Lincoln, who created the railroad and connected the nation through the transcontinental railroad.