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Train Derailment in Minnesota Heightens Concerns Over Railroad Safety

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Federal regulators and members of Congress are urging railroads to do more to prevent derailments. They want standards for the trackside detectors used to help identify equipment problems. They also want more notice to states about hazardous chemicals they are hauling. Railroads are generally regarded as the safest way to transport hazardous chemicals across land.

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Fiery derailments renew Americans’ focus on railroad safety

Americans are renewing their focus on railroad safety after a string of recent derailments, especially two fiery ones involving hazardous chemicals in Ohio and Minnesota that prompted evacuations.

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Train Derailment in Minnesota Heightens Concerns Over Railroad Safety

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what caused a train to derail Thursday in Minnesota, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate. Crews have started removing contaminated soil and damaged rail cars in the wake of the fiery derailment. No injuries have been reported. Around 1 a.m. Thursday, 22 cars of a freight train derailed in the Midwest U.S. state of Minnesota near the town of Raymond. Ten of the tanker cars contained …

2 years ago·United States

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Fiery derailments renew Americans' focus on railroad safety

A Senate bill would toughen penalties up to 1% of a railroad's annual operating income and set standards for the maximum length and weight of freight trains

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Fiery derailments renew Americans' focus on railroad safety

A Senate bill would toughen penalties up to 1% of a railroad's annual operating income and set standards for the maximum length and weight of freight trains

2 years ago·Salem, United States

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Fiery derailments renew Americans' focus on railroad safety

A Senate bill would toughen penalties up to 1% of a railroad's annual operating income and set standards for the maximum length and weight of freight trains

2 years ago·Lancaster, United States

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Fiery derailments renew Americans' focus on railroad safety

A Senate bill would toughen penalties up to 1% of a railroad's annual operating income and set standards for the maximum length and weight of freight trains

2 years ago

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