Winter weather drastically increases the risks involved in travel. Snow and ice can make airports shut down and turn highways into deadlocked lines of vehicles. Railroads also feel the impact of winter weather. Ice and snow on tracks can impact everything from how...
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Tips for would-be whistleblowers
You’ve heard it before: “When you see something, say something.” Railroad employees and workers in certain other professions are constantly encouraged to speak up about abuses, dangerous practices, negligence and fraud -- but blowing the whistle isn’t always easy....
Do trains have emergency brakes?
When something unpredictable happens on a train track, railroad workers need a way to stop the train as quickly as possible. Examples include cars getting stuck on the tracks, people walking on the tracks or two trains accidentally ending up heading toward one another...