In early 2016, a railroad worker who had just been briefed on an upcoming assignment was found dead in a restroom, having overdosed on illegal prescription drugs. In the following months, tests that were done after three railroad accidents found that six employees on the trains tested positive for drugs. In a report done by the Washington Post, testing in […]
US Railroad Workers Testing Positive for Drugs Skyrockets
Flashing Lights Never Installed At PA at Deadly RR Crossing
A Halifax PA railroad crossing where a woman was killed in a train accident on Labor Day is only marked by faded crossbuck signs. The community is asking if there should have been flashing lights and additional warnings installed at the deadly railroad crossing. The woman, Trisha Hoffman, 29, died instantly on Sept. 5 when her car was hit near […]