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Miles-Long Freight Trains Now Require 2 Whole Crew Members

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Photo: David Ryder (Getty Images) Freight railroads are using something called Precession Scheduling to run longer trains with fewer crewmembers in order to maximize profits. To hopefully curb potential accidents, the Biden Administration mandated Tuesday a bare minimum that at least two people be aboard sometimes miles-long freight trains. Some trains, however, will get a pass … Read more

It’s Easy To Steal From Trains In Southern California

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There are a bunch of reasons that the ports in Southern California have seen a huge inbound freight uptick in recent years, including the buying habits of Americans and difficulties getting through the canals Suez and Panama. As a result, train freight exiting Los Angeles is also massively up. Unlike other freight corridors pulling any … Read more