freight rail News Updates

A $7.2 million “catchment wall” will be built at a landslide area in San Clemente, Calif., to hold back the slipping hillside and get passenger train service running to San Diego again.

Freight trains to and from the Port of San Diego were suspended again the night of Feb. 6 by a slow-moving landslide that threatens the tracks at San Clemente, Calif.

Freight trains, unlike passenger trains, have resumed running across the tracks beneath a San Clemente, Calif., landslide that continues to threaten San Diego County’s only rail link with the rest of the United States.

Railroads are calling for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to reopen U.S.-Mexico rail crossings at El Paso and Eagle Pass, Texas.

Policymakers are calling on congressional leaders to consider freight safety legislation as the Biden administration enhanced its commitment to supply chain connectivity.

Passenger railroads will be required to install video recorders inside locomotives, but the rule excludes freight trains like the one that derailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio.

A group of senators is renewing calls for a floor vote on legislation meant to improve safety across freight rail networks.

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.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The railroad industry has sued to block a new minimum crew-size requirement that Ohio imposed after a fiery train derailment in East Palestine in February.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The railroad industry on June 16 sued to block new environmental rules in California, saying the technology for zero-emission locomotives won’t be ready on time.