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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Funk

Regulators warn of risks of long trains after increase in derailments

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As freight trains have grown ever longer, the number of derailments related to the forces created when railcars push and pull against each other also increased, so the National Academies of Sciences said Tuesday in a long-awaited report that regulators, Congress and the industry should reexamine the risks associated with them.

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