{"id":37849,"date":"2015-07-07T09:13:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T13:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/freight-rail-accidents-fall-despite-recent-derailments\/"},"modified":"2015-07-07T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T13:13:21","slug":"freight-rail-accidents-fall-despite-recent-derailments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/freight-rail-accidents-fall-despite-recent-derailments\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight rail accidents fall, despite recent derailments","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22159\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;margin: 4px 12px\" alt=\"railyard1-150px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/railyard1-150px.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" \/>Despite high-profile train derailments in Tennessee and Pennsylvania, railroads remain relatively safe transportation for people and freight, federal statistics show.<\/p>\n<p>A derailment late Wednesday near Maryville, Tenn., of a CSX freight train carrying acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used to make plastics, rekindled attention in rail safety. So did the derailment May 12 of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia that killed eight people.<\/p>\n<p>The number of freight train accidents dropped nearly in half during the last decade, to 1,644 last year from 3,094 in 2005, according to Federal Railroad Administration statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2015\/07\/02\/freight-rail-safety-csx-tennessee-amtrak-philadelphia\/29622995\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite high-profile train derailments in Tennessee and Pennsylvania, railroads remain relatively safe transportation for people and freight, federal statistics show. A derailment late Wednesday near Maryville, Tenn., of a CSX freight train carrying acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used to make plastics, rekindled attention in rail safety. 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