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Danelle Morton

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City of the Rails is my podcast on IHeart based on a 14 year obsession with the rails and the people who ride them #COTR
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What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.

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By Topher Sanders, Dan Schwartz, Danelle Morton, Gabriel Sandoval Verified
| Portside
What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs. Published March 16, 2024 On a hot July afternoon in 2018, Gregory West found himself trudging through the mountains of northern Tennessee on what would be the last walk of his life. The engineer and his conductor had been stuck behind a stalled train that had not budged by the end of their shift, and rail company officials told them to walk out to a road where a vehicle could meet them.
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SPECIAL REPORT: What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data?

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By Topher Sanders, Dan Schwartz, Danelle Morton, Gabriel Sandoval
| Gloucester City News Verified
by Topher Sanders, Dan Schwartz, Danelle Morton and Gabriel Sandoval ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. As powerful railroad companies race to maximize profits through efficiency, safety is left behind. On a hot July afternoon in 2018, Gregory West found himself trudging through the mountains of northern Tennessee on what would be the last walk of his life.
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What's Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.

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By Topher Sanders, Dan Schwartz, Danelle Morton, Gabriel Sandoval
| Reader Supported News
On a hot July afternoon in 2018, Gregory West found himself trudging through the mountains of northern Tennessee on what would be the last walk of his life. The engineer and his conductor had been stuck behind a stalled train that had not budged by the end of their shift, and rail company officials told them to walk out to a road where a vehicle could meet them. It would be an hour’s journey up and down steep hills in 88-degree heat.
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