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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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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Wisconsin Central LtdCanadian National Railwayenvironmental violation2020USAO$1,250,000
Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedemployment discrimination2006private lawsuit-federal$1,446,777
Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacificwater pollution violation2012EPA$1,500,000
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2005NY-AG$1,500,000
CSX CorporationCSXenvironmental violation2009private lawsuit-federal$1,500,000
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificwater pollution violation2012EPA(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,500,000
CSX TransportationCSXemployment discrimination2011private lawsuit-state$2,108,611
CSXT TRANSPORTATION, INC.CSXwater pollution violation2019EPA$2,200,000
Union PacificUnion Pacifichazardous waste violation2019CA-MULTI$2,300,000
Norfolk SouthernNorfolk Southernemployment discrimination2020EEOC$2,500,000
CSX Transportation, Inc.CSXwater pollution violation2018EPA$2,700,000
Canadian NationalCanadian National Railwayemployment discrimination2010private lawsuit-federal$3,000,000
CSX Transportation, Inc.CSXemployment discrimination2018EEOC$3,200,000
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernwater pollution violation2010EPA$4,000,000
Canadian National RailwayCanadian National Railwaytelecommunications violation2014FCC$5,250,000
Norfolk Southern Corp.Norfolk Southernwater pollution violation2007PA-ENV$7,350,000
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYNorfolk Southernwater pollution violation2010EPA$8,067,500
Norfolk SouthernNorfolk Southernemployment discrimination2000private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificwater pollution violation2009EPA$31,800,000
Union Pacific Railroad Co.Union Pacificutility safety violation2008USAO$102,000,000
CSXCSXenvironmental violation2002private lawsuit-state$220,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.