What's being done to address stopped trains blocking crossings in the Tri-State

An 89-year-old woman died in a house fire in Lockland yesterday morning, and the town’s fire chief is questioning whether a ...

Lockland, state leaders tried to stop trains from blocking railroad crossings long before fatal fire

Federal law trumped those efforts each time, stripping Ohio of its enforcement power ...
Law

Railroad Permissive Crossings—Has the ‘Well-Worn Path’ Worn Out Its Welcome?

Railroad Permissive Crossings—Has the ‘Well-Worn Path’ Worn Out Its Welcome? When a railroad company has for years, without objection, permitted the public to cross its tracks at a given point, there ...
SMART UnionOpinion

It’s a FACT: Excessive Train Length Costs Lives

Extremely Long Trains and Blocked Crossings Threaten Lives. Read on as SMART-TD fights for sensible train lengths, emergency ...