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The federal government imposed a contract on railroad workers last year to avert the prospect of a crippling strike that would being the nation to its knees. However, there are few indications that the contract has resol...

Norfolk Southern is one of the nation’s largest and most profitable railroads. Notwithstanding its success, our railroad accident lawyers continue to handle claims from workers who suffered injuries on the job. The rai...

Virginia’s railroad crossings see numerous serious accidents every year. In November, a train ran into a truck on the tracks in rural Windsor. Virginia State Police said a tractor-trailer ended up disabled on the track...

Worker shortages are crippling industries across the United States. The issue is particularly acute on the railroads where a threatened strike came close to shutting down services and crippling the economy. The staff sho...

Grade crossings where vehicles may come into contact with trains are the most dangerous places on the railroad network. Deadly accidents have occurred on dozens of railroad crossings in rural Virginia, most recently in C...

America’s big railroads have sought to cut costs relentlessly in recent years, potentially increasing the dangers faced by workers. Their actions included reducing crews on many services. Fortunately, a new rule announ...

A crash involving a truck and a train on a grade crossing in Virginia has again highlighted the hazards of crossings in the Commonwealth, just days after multiple casualties were reported in an Amtrak wreck. A tractor-tr...

The latest deadly Amtrak crash has raised new questions about the safety of the nation’s passenger train service as well as passive or uncontrolled crossings. Four people died and 150 suffered injuries when an Amtrak t...