Republican Congress' Decades-Long Delay On Train Safety Regulation Has Left 298 Dead

Congress has extended deadlines to install a train safety system that could have saved 298 lives

Michael Balsamo and Michael Sisak

Nearly 300 people have died in train crashes that could have been prevented if railroads across the U.S. implemented critical speed-control technology that federal safety investigators have been pushing for close to five decades, according to rail crash...