What is Beth Whited’s backstory? How can her journey to becoming the first female president in Union Pacific’s history and the lessons she’s learned along the way help you in your career? Learn more during the kick-off session with Whited at the Railway Age / RT&S Women in Rail Conference, taking place Nov. 5-6 in Chicago.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) says New York City’s transit system “must improve its safety procedures and increase state oversight needs to avoid subway trains striking workers,” according to a Bloomberg report.
The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) ongoing investigation of the July 19, 2024, accident involving a Norfolk Southern (NS) conductor seriously injured while switching out single coal cars at a Virginia yard will focus on
The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) ongoing investigation of the July 5, 2024, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) train derailment and subsequent hazardous material (hazmat) release and fire near Bordulac, N. Dak.,
The Senate Committee on Appropriations on July 25 marked up S.4796, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (THUD Appropriations Act). The bipartisan legislation was reported in a
Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures are returning to Chicago for our second-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies who are significantly influencing today’s freight, passenger
Approximately three weeks after its June 25 public meeting in East Palestine, Ohio, site of the Feb. 3, 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train that resulted in a hazmat release
Norfolk Southern (NS) on July 10 endorsed the national safety policy recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as part of the agency’s investigation of the 2023 East Palestine derailment. The recommendations, NS says, “align with safety initiatives currently under way at the railroad designed around the principles of accident prevention, mitigation and response.”
Following are National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy’s concluding remarks from the June 25, 2024 public meeting in East Palestine, Ohio on the agency’s investigation, Norfolk Southern Railway Train Derailment with Subsequent
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on June 25 held a public meeting in East Palestine, Ohio, site of the Feb. 3, 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train that resulted