A long Norfolk Southern freight train passes through the town of East Palestine, Ohio on Jan. 17. Daranee Balachandar/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism hide caption
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President Biden talks with East Palestine, Ohio Mayor Trent Conaway during a tour of the site where a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed a year ago. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
An Amtrak train struck a public works vehicle in Moorpark, Calif., on Wednesday, sending 16 people to the hospital. Ventura County Fire Department hide caption
Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The scene Thursday morning after a BNSF train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in the west-central Minnesota town of Raymond. Residents living near the derailment were evacuated in the middle of the night. David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption
A BNSF engine is pictured in Chicago in 2022. A train operated by BNSF carrying corn syrup derailed in Arizona Wednesday. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 3 remained on fire the next day. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
When train crashes leak harmful chemicals, small town firefighters can be vulnerable
A Canadian Pacific railway locomotive pulls train cars east along a rail line past Morant's Curve near Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada on November 26, 2021. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train remained on fire Feb. 4 after derailing the previous day in East Palestine, Ohio. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
An aerial view of a Norfolk Southern train derailment, which sent more than 20 cars sliding off the tracks on Saturday near Springfield, Ohio. mpi34MediaPunch/IPx/AP hide caption
This week, workers continued to clean up the derailed tank cars in East Palestine following the Feb. 3 crash. Matt Freed/AP hide caption
Here's the most thorough explanation yet for the train derailment in East Palestine
Emergency personnel search for survivors after a raised subway track collapsed Monday night in Mexico City. Hector Vivas/Getty Images hide caption
Passengers gather beside the tracks after a train crash that killed more than 40 people outside Alexandria. Officials say it's Egypt's deadliest rail accident in years. Ravy shaker/AP hide caption
Rescue workers search for victims at from the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express train that derailed near Kuneru station in southern Andhra Pradesh state on Sunday. Stringer/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority tests its Positive Train Control system at the agency's rail yard near Malvern, Pa. The system will cost SEPTA about $328 million. The regional passenger railroad is one of the few in the country that are on track to meet an end-of-the-year deadline for installing PTC. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption
Few Railroads On Track To Meet End-Of-Year Safety Deadline
Emergency personnel search through the wreckage of an Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday night in Philadelphia, killing at least five people who were on board. Joseph Kaczmarek/AP hide caption
An overturned Metrolink passenger car sits on the side of the road after the commuter train crashed into a truck and derailed early Tuesday near Oxnard, Calif. Johnny Corona/AP hide caption
A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D., in this Dec. 30 photo. The fiery crash left an ominous cloud over the town and led some residents to evacuate. Bruce Crummy/AP hide caption
Fiery Oil-Train Derailments Prompt Calls For Less Flammable Oil
A derailed Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O'Hare Airport station early Monday, in Chicago. Andrew Nelles/AP hide caption
Cranes prepare to salvage the last car from from a train derailment in the Bronx section of New York, in December 2013. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption