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News Articles: trains

 One child helps another cross over a parked freight train blocking their route to school.

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As rail profits soar, blocked crossings force kids to crawl under trains to get to school

Every day across America, trains park in the middle of neighborhoods and major intersections, waiting to enter congested rail yards or for one crew to switch with another. They block crossings, sometimes for hours or days, disrupting life and endangering lives.

June 16, 2023
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  • Topher Sanders ,
  • Dan Schwartz ,
  • and 1 more
People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Sunday, June 4, 2023.

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  • Asia

A signaling error appears to have caused the train crash that killed 275 in India

The derailment in eastern India that killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks.

June 04, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The Los Angeles skyline is seen above the Union Pacific LATC Intermodal Terminal on Tuesday.

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  • Climate

California becomes the first state to adopt emission rules for trains

California approved a rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.

April 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Two badger cubs are seen in the Szeged Game Park in Szeged, south of Budapest, Hungary, on April 12, 2006. Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the Netherlands, forcing lengthy cancellations on at least two lines.

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  • Europe

Burrowing badgers have halted some train service in the Netherlands

Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have forced lengthy cancellations on at least two lines. Rail operators have to get permission to move the protected animals before repairs can begin.

March 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Oksana Shevliuha, 51, wears a Ukrainian flag as she greets her daughter, Anastasia, who arrived on the first train to reach liberated Kherson on Saturday. They had not seen each other for six months. The first Ukrainian Railways train arrived in Kherson following a Russian occupation that lasted more than eight months.

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  • World

Photos: The emotional scenes as the 1st train from Kyiv arrives in liberated Kherson

Family members separated for months poured out onto the platform and embraced their loved ones in tearful, joyful reunions. Passengers gawked as they took in the destruction of Russia's occupation.

November 22, 2022
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By:
  • Carol Guzy and
  • Pete Kiehart
Workers service the tracks at the Metra/BNSF railroad yard in Chicago

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  • Business

How an attendance policy brought the U.S. to the brink of a nationwide rail strike

Freight rail workers had threatened to strike Friday. The unions were unhappy about a policy that penalizes workers who take unscheduled time off, including for medical needs.

September 15, 2022
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  • Andrea Hsu
A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is seen east of Hardin, Mont., on July 15, 2020. Business and top officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, while talks continue between the nation's largest freight railroads and their unions.

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One union rejects deal days ahead of rail strike deadline

Members of one union are rejecting a tentative deal with the largest U.S. freight railroads while three other unions remained at the bargaining table just days ahead of a national strike deadline. A strike, which could begin Friday, would intensify snarls in the nation's supply chain that have contributed to rising prices.

September 14, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Rescuers carry a boat into the subway in Zhengzhou, China, in July after flash floods trapped passengers underground.

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  • Climate

NYC's Subway Flooding Isn't A Fluke. It's The Reality For Cities In A Warming World

Underground trains are incredibly susceptible to flooding from climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise. Cities around the world are racing to adapt their transit systems.

September 02, 2021
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Inside Macon's Terminal Station

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  • Economy

With 'Amtrak Joe' In The White House, Hopes Build For Passenger Rail Rebirth

Proposed Georgia rail route would stretch from Savannah, through Atlanta and northward to Nashville.

April 30, 2021
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  • Daniel Vock

On Second Thought For Monday, July 10, 2017

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, alleging the company discriminates against older...

July 10, 2017
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  • Tony Harris ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more

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