Nation's Railroads Get 30 Days to Fix Safety Problem

Since January of this year there have been nine serious train crashes that led to ten deaths and more than six hundred injuries, all due to track switches being left in the wrong position. In some areas of the country hand-operated switches, as opposed to remote-operated switches, are still in use. Accidents occur when there is a failure to reset the switches. The U.S. Department of Transportation has given the nation's railroads a thirty day deadline to take measures to prevent future accidents.