The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday ...
Human errors and track defects caused more than 3,000 rail accidents over the last decade, killing 23 people and injuring nearly 1,200. Yet federal railroad regulators failed to implement most of the ...
A BNSF locomotive pulls an automated track inspection railcar down the tracks in Valencia County, New Mexico, on July 31, 2018. BNSF Railway via AP The nation’s freight railroads are going to be able ...
A BNSF locomotive pulls an automated track inspection railcar down the tracks in Valencia County, New Mexico, July 31, 2018. (BNSF Railway via AP) (AP) — The nation’s freight railroads are going to be ...