There is little hope for any improvement of the U.S. rail system so long as it remains in the hands of the irresponsible and unaccountable Class I robber barons, writes Adam Barrington.
Months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated wheel that caused it to jump the tracks in Sandusky, Ohio, Topher Sanders and Dan Schwartz report for ProPublica.