Freight Railroads Seek Changes to Federal Safety Program Before Joining It After the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the nation’s major freight railroads agreed to join a federal program for workers to report safety issues. But first, they want it to be overhauled. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812193532/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/ohio-train-railroad-safety.html