WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Railworthiness Directive requiring railroad tank car owners to replace unapproved valves currently installed in some tank cars.  The valves in...

According to an FRA Spokesperson:

 “The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is aware of the Amtrak derailment that occurred this afternoon near Halifax, N.C..  We have a team of investigators en route to the scene. Once the scene is...