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Rail Safety

Emergency brake activation led to Richmond train derailment: NTSB

  • Apr 9

Sugar Land neighbors concerned about mysterious metal boxes in area

  • Nov 19, 2025

Houston applying for state grant to build bridge over rail crossing

  • Jun 13, 2025

Jeep removed after getting stuck on METRORail overpass near downtown

  • May 28, 2025

Union Pacific to limit train traffic near Milby HS after teen's death

  • Dec 19, 2024

Community pushes for safe railroad crossing after train kills student

  • Dec 11, 2024

How to find out if you live near a pipeline

  • Sep 18, 2024

Texas to consider expanding passenger rail system

  • Jul 24, 2024

Latest Videos

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Sugar Land officials explain what the metal boxes with chains, poles, and cameras are about

  • Nov 19, 2025
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Houston applying for state grant to build bridge over hazardous rail crossing

  • Jun 12, 2025
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Video of Galveston woman's arrest over a license plate light released

  • May 28, 2025
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Jeep gets stuck on METRORail tracks overpass near downtown

  • May 28, 2025
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Union Pacific to limit train traffic near Milby HS after teen's death

  • Dec 18, 2024
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Houston mayor says he'll ask Union Pacific to pay for pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks

  • Dec 11, 2024
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Community pushes for safe railroad crossing after train kills student

  • Dec 11, 2024
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How to find out if you live near a pipeline

  • Sep 18, 2024

Latest Stories

EPA testing finds higher-than-normal chemical levels in soil and water in Fifth Ward

A new dashboard from the EPA shows what many Kashmere Gardens neighbors have been saying for years: There's something in the soil making them sick.

  • Mar 29, 2024

Union Pacific to close 2 railroad crossings after 11-week-old died when paramedics delayed by train

Two years ago, a train blocked paramedics from first helping 11-week-old K'Twon Franklin, who died two days later. Now, changes are on the way, and for one family, it couldn't come soon enough.

  • Oct 6, 2023

13 Investigates finds Texas is worst in the nation for hazardous train derailments

Since the early 2000s, track infrastructure has improved with better technology to keep tracks in working shape. The cars, on the other hand, need work.

  • May 22, 2023

Norfolk Southern conductor struck, killed by dump truck at Ohio steel facility, railroad says

Louis Shuster was struck as a train was moving through a crossing at the facility, the railroad said in a release.

  • Mar 7, 2023
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Norfolk Southern CEO to testify before Senate next week and 'share what he knows' about derailment

Alan Shaw will appear before the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee during a March 9 hearing.

  • Mar 2, 2023