Four times in one week, drivers ended up on train tracks instead of roads

Four times in just one week around Thanksgiving, drivers in Connecticut ended up on railroad tracks instead of the road. It ...

Railroads will be allowed to reduce inspections and rely more on technology to spot track problems

The nation’s freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks less often ...
Boise State Public Radio

The U.S. isn't known for passenger trains — but not for lack of railroad tracks

The U.S. has the most railroad tracks of any country. And yet we’re not known for our passenger trains. Freight trains, on the other hand, are still widely used. So why can’t passenger trains be more ...
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‘See tracks? Think Train Week’ looks to reduce Pennsylvania railroad crashes

(WHTM) — If it feels like railroad tracks are everywhere in Pennsylvania, well that’s not your imagination. Pennsylvania has one of the highest densities of tracks per square mile in all of America.