President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to continue holding Norfolk Southern accountable for its February derailment in eastern Ohio and appoint a FEMA official to oversee East Palestine’s recovery, but he still stopped short of declaring a disaster.

Norfolk Southern announced new details about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town in February.

Norfolk Southern’s CEO pledged to continue working to improve safety after a consultant recommended making sure that safety is truly a priority at all levels.

An explosion inside a container at a Union Pacific railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska on Sept. 14 because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals caught fire.

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s new CEO, Jim Vena, says he won’t shy away from cuts, but no one should expect the kind of sweeping changes he made when he first oversaw operations a few years ago.

OMAHA, Neb. — Federal inspectors said they found an alarming number of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using at its railyard in western Nebraska this summer.

OMAHA, Neb. — Companies that have plants served by only one railroad may soon be able to get a bid from another railroad if their service is bad enough under a new rule that was proposed Sept. 7.

OMAHA, Neb. — The freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers who use a safety hotline has kept them from joining the program.

OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern made recent improvements but is nowhere near the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to be, according to federal regulators.

OMAHA, Neb. — Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may soon get up to eight days of paid sick time and more certainty about their days off if they approve a new deal with the railroad.