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Pittsburgh-based Wabtec is transforming freight trains

As Americans' appetite for delivered goods continues to grow, a Pittsburgh company is looking to ensure trains play an ...
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Impacts of Trains Longer Than 7,500 Feet

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is conducting a study of freight trains longer than 7,500 feet using an ad hoc study committee of experts. The period of performance is ...
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Congress Should Empower Regulatory Agencies to Address Challenges Presented by Long Trains, Says New Report

WASHINGTON ― The heightened safety challenges and operational demands of long freight trains require a combination of actions from major freight railroad companies, the Federal Railroad Administration ...
Railway Age

TRB Releases Long-Train ‘Consensus Study’ (UPDATED)

In 2021, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...
Marketplace

Amtrak spars with freight train industry over rules of the railroad

In late July, the Department of Justice took up a cause it hadn’t touched since the late 1970s: It sued a freight railroad for delaying Amtrak trains. In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleges that on tracks ...
Los Angeles Times

Driverless freight trains? This L.A. startup is already testing them

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles startup Parallel Systems has raised $100 million to develop autonomous, electric freight trains ...