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Big freight railroads to miss safety technology deadline
2016-02-03 08:33:14| Railroads - Topix.net
In this June 4, 2014 file photo, a Norfolk Southern locomotive moves along the tracks in Norfolk, Va. Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told telling the government they won't make a 2018 deadline to start using safety technology intended to prevent accidents like the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia last May. Norfolk Southern, Canadian National Railway and CSX Transportation and say they won't be ready until 2020, according to a list provided to The Associated Press by the Federal Railroad Administration.
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