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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: railroads
Penalty Total since 2000$548,027,989
Number of Records: 8,821
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
CSX$257,093,3021,916
Union Pacific$189,159,0263,740
Norfolk Southern$70,491,3291,664
Canadian National Railway$18,049,609672
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited$9,924,488553
Watco Companies$2,695,719232
Alaska Railroad Corporation$552,46634
Patriot Rail Company$62,05010

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Company sort iconCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount
Wisconsin Central LtdCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2020USAO$1,250,000
Wisconsin Central LtdCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2006MN-ENV$111,000
Wisconsin Central LtdCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2004MN-ENV$19,250
Wisconsin Central LtdCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2004MN-ENV$49,050
Wisconsin Central LtdCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2003MN-ENV$9,900
Wisconsin Central LtdCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2002MN-ENV$10,000
WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTDCanadian National Railwayworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$5,400
Wisconsin Central Ltd Proctor YardCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2000MN-ENV$19,300
Wisconsin Central Ltd Two Harbors DocksCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2004MN-ENV$23,500
Wisconsin Central Ltd.Canadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2015FRA$7,000
Wisconsin Central Ltd.Canadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2001FRA$7,000
Wisconsin Central Ltd.Canadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2003WI-AG$75,000
Yellowstone Valley RailroadWatco Companiesrailroad safety violation2010FRA$5,250
Yellowstone Valley RailroadWatco Companiesrailroad safety violation2012FRA$5,800
Yellowstone Valley RailroadWatco Companiesrailroad safety violation2012FRA$5,000
Yellowstone Valley RailroadWatco Companiesrailroad safety violation2012FRA$26,000
Yellowstone Valley RailroadWatco Companiesrailroad safety violation2013FRA$13,000
Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc.Watco Companiesrailroad safety violation2009FRA$8,395
Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc.Watco Companiesrailroad safety violation2009FRA$8,580
Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc.Watco Companiesrailroad safety violation2009FRA$5,700
Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc.Watco Companiesrailroad safety violation2009FRA$5,700
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.