https://nap.nationalacademies.org/c...ng-safe-operations-mitigating-adverse-impacts
Recommendations:
"SUMMARY ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Longer Manifest Trains Can Create New and Heightened Safety Risks Requiring Active Control
Communities Experiencing Chronic Blocked Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Need Real Solutions
Freight Railroads Should Be Deterred from Using Long Trains Where They Will Impede Amtrak Trains"
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Long Freight Trains: Ensuring Safe Operations, Mitigating Adverse Impacts. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27807.
Unfortunately, I think given the current political reality, it's not clear that any of these recommendations will be implemented.
Recommendations:
"SUMMARY ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Longer Manifest Trains Can Create New and Heightened Safety Risks Requiring Active Control
Communities Experiencing Chronic Blocked Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Need Real Solutions
Freight Railroads Should Be Deterred from Using Long Trains Where They Will Impede Amtrak Trains"
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Long Freight Trains: Ensuring Safe Operations, Mitigating Adverse Impacts. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27807.
Unfortunately, I think given the current political reality, it's not clear that any of these recommendations will be implemented.
