TORONTO/WASHINGTON - Political pressure to quickly improve the safety of crude oil rail shipments intensified in Washington on Thursday, while Canadian officials said two of the cars involved in the ...

The rail industry’s federal regulatory structure is complex, with varying levels of rules, regulations and standards. While most of the industry is regulated by standards applied by the Association of ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Jan. 17 vacated the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) rule authorizing the transport of liquefied ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- One man is dead and another is injured after becoming trapped in a railroad tanker car at a biodiesel plant in St. Joseph. Authorities are unsure how the men became trapped ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cleveland man died Friday in an accident at an industrial site in Twinsburg Township. Dalion Ambler, 35, collapsed into an oxygen-deficient railcar about 9:40 a.m. at Emerald ...