Media outlets are releasing articles about public ownership of the railroads as the Campaign gains steam. If you have an article that you would like to see added to this list, please email a link to publicrailnow@gmail.com.
Work-Bites – Latter-day railroad Barons in the U.S. are using “Precision Scheduled Railroading” to cut costs—and cut corners. The results? Predictable and deadly.
Work-Bites – The profit-driven railroad industry continues to fight safety measures in the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment disaster.
Jacobin – Last year’s catastrophic East Palestine train derailment has spurred calls from a rank-and-file labor group for public ownership of rail infrastructure. We spoke to an expert about what that could look like in the US, which is dominated by…
Independent Socialists Group – In 2023, the East Palestine, OH derailment demonstrated the scale of the crisis of railroad safety. It made the public ownership campaign even more urgent in the eyes of workers around the country who are getting a…
Clean Technica – When it comes to energy efficient transportation in America, no transportation option is better than the railroads. They have been the freight transportation backbone of America for nearly 200 years, which is why all the recent news about…
Sewer Socialists – Public transit is fundamentally a political loser for elected officials. When it works well, it is invisible. When it fails, or when the fare goes up, it only creates bad headlines. The main way to build ridership is…