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Episode 9: Trains, Trains, Trains
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Episode 9: Trains, Trains, Trains

Llewellyn Jones
Apr 28, 2023
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Train Accidents at Highway Crossings Increasing Despite Added Safety Measures
Over the last two decades, train accidents per mile continually decreased with improved safety measures and overall improved performance of train lines. But since 2012, highway-rail accidents—those that occur where highways cross train lines—increased almost 50 percent since 2009 according to numbers from the Department of Transportation (DOT…
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6 years ago · Llewellyn Jones
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Train Accidents Disappeared Quickly After Liability Limits
A previous story from Investigative Economics detailed how train accidents had been in steady if slight decline over the past 20 years. But that was for equipment failures. When including all accidents from the Department of Transportation (DOT) data at the individual accident reporting level, the number of accidents drops off precipitously around 2007…
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2 years ago · Llewellyn Jones
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More Train Accidents Are Human-Caused, Happen In Rail Yards
Following the derailment of a train in East Palestine, Ohio and the subsequent explosion of vinyl chloride, Department of Transportation (DOT) head Pete Buttigieg claimed the incident was not a major concern as it was only one of around a thousand derailments that happen each year…
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2 years ago · Llewellyn Jones
Investigative Economics
Property Damage Makes Up 40 Percent of Train Hazmat Accident Costs
The recent crash of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio and the explosion of vinyl chloride gas highlighted not just the concern of how many rail accidents there are in a year, but also how many involve hazardous materials. Norfolk Southern has already…
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a year ago · Llewellyn Jones

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