March 4,2021: Understanding the Way 49 CFR Describes Packagings
The basic unit of hazardous material transportation is the package. The rules for marking, labeling, documenting, loading, unloading, and handling shipments of […]
Author: Wendy Buckley
March 3, 2021: Anderson County, S.C. Sees Third Derailment in Four Months
Pickens Railway is dealing with its third derailment since November 2020. Pickens is a short-line railroad that operates in Anderson County, South […]
March 1, 2021: Explosion at Inactive Oil Well Site in Louisiana Kills One Person
Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire that killed one person in Beauregard Parish, LA on Sunday evening. The […]
February 24, 2021: Man Killed by Boxcar Door
An unidentified man was crushed to death by a boxcar door. The accident occurred aboard a moving Union Pacific freight train in […]
February 24, 2021: Freight Train Collides with Semi Causing Fire in Texas
A BNSF mixed freight train collided with an 18-wheeler in Milam County, Texas on Tuesday morning. Around 13 cars derailed but there […]
February 22, 2021: Freight Train Derailment in PA Disrupts Amtrak Service
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Perry County on Monday evening. A total of 15 intermodal cargo container cars derailed. There […]
February 23, 2021: Combustible Liquid and You
Webster’s dictionary defines “combustible” as “capable of …a rapid chemical process … that produces heat and usually light”; and defines “flammable” as […]
February 22, 2021: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS) has petitioned FRA for a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 236.566, Locomotive of eachtrain operating in train […]
February 22, 2021: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Sandersville Railroad Company has petition FRA for a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 237.31, Adoption of bridge Management programs. SAN is […]
February 20, 2021: Union Pacific Freight Train Derailed in Millard County, Utah
A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Millard County, Utah on Saturday evening. A total of 28 cars derailed along State Route […]