"Legislation was passed under President Obama that made it a legal requirement for trains carrying hazardous flammable materials to have ECP brakes, but this was rescinded in 2017 by the Trump ...

AFTER THIS TRAIN DERAILED IN NORTH DAKOTA A DECADE AGO, THE NTSB DID A STUDY THAT FOUND ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED PNEUMATIC OR ECP BRAKES WOULD REDUCE STOPPING DISTANCES AND MINIMIZE THE SEVERITY ...

On Feb. 3, nearly 50 train cars, including some carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio. Following the crash, officials conducted a controlled burn of some ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Dec. 4 repealed a 2015 Federal Railroad Administration rulemaking requiring freight railroads to employ electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes on ...