Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Rail Safety Bill Hours After Another Derailment

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), co-sponsor Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio), and different Ohio U.S. representatives introduced the Reducing Accidents successful Locomotives (RAIL) Act astatine a March 30 property league hours aft a BNSF Railway bid carrying ethanol derailed and caught occurrence successful Raymond, Minnesota. Residents adjacent the clang tract were evacuated. No injuries were reported and the derailment’s origin is nether investigation, BNSF reported. “Thi...