News / Precision railroading strategy buckles under US legislative onslaught

Under mounting pressure from a string of derailments, US Class I railways are abandoning elements of their predominant operational strategy of recent years .

Precision scheduled railroading (PSR) is in retreat as legislative pressure on the carriers keeps building.

On 30 March, legislators in the House of Representatives tabled a bill aimed at improving railway safety – the fourth proposal in Congress to step up measures for rail safety since the derailment of a Norfolk Southern (NS) train in East Palestine, Ohio, in ...