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Industry: railroads
Penalty Total since 2000$1,462,123,081
Number of Records: 9,162
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
Norfolk Southern$981,856,7891,810
CSX$258,182,8511,974
Union Pacific$190,001,9813,834
Canadian National Railway$18,072,499676
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited$10,483,663577
Watco Companies$2,735,017236
Alaska Railroad Corporation$567,21636
SNCF Group$161,0159
Patriot Rail Company$62,05010

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
The Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedrailroad safety violation2009FRA$23,000
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2000FRA$23,000
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2001FRA$23,000
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2002FRA$23,000
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2006FRA$23,000
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2004FRA$23,000
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2009FRA$22,950
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2005FRA$22,950
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2019FRA$22,945
Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedrailroad safety violation2002FRA$22,900
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2006FRA$22,850
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2008FRA$22,850
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2023FRA$22,800
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2023FRA$22,800
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2004FRA$22,755
South Kansas and Oklahoma RailroadWatco Companiesrailroad safety violation2010FRA$22,750
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2001FRA$22,750
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2005FRA$22,750
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2007FRA$22,750
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2003FRA$22,750
Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedrailroad safety violation2002FRA$22,700
Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedrailroad safety violation2002FRA$22,700
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2004FRA$22,700
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2003FRA$22,600
Canadian National RailwayCanadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2010FRA$22,550
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2017FRA$22,550
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2017FRA$22,550
Maine Central RailroadCSXrailroad safety violation2014FRA$22,500
Texas and New Mexico RailroadWatco Companiesrailroad safety violation2011FRA$22,500
Canadian National Railway CompanyCanadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2008FRA$22,500
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2002FRA$22,500
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2002FRA$22,500
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2005FRA$22,500
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2003FRA$22,500
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2004FRA$22,500
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2006FRA$22,500
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2018FRA$22,500
NORFOLK SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATIONSNorfolk Southernenvironmental violation2022NJ-ENV$22,500
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2022FRA$22,478
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2004FRA$22,450
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2008FRA$22,400
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2005FRA$22,375
Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2011FRA$22,350
Canadian National Railway CompanyCanadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2009FRA$22,350
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2005FRA$22,265
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.CSXrailroad safety violation2018FRA$22,178
Texas Mexican Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedenvironmental violation2006EPA$22,176
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2017FRA$22,140
Grand Trunk Western RailroadCanadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2001FRA$22,125
Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2013FRA$22,100
Norfolk Southern RailwayNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2012FRA$22,000
Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2012FRA$22,000
The Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedrailroad safety violation2009FRA$22,000
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2001FRA$22,000
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2001FRA$22,000
Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedrailroad safety violation2003FRA$22,000
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2004FRA$22,000
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2008FRA$22,000
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2007FRA$22,000
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.CSXrailroad safety violation2017FRA$22,000
Texas Mexican Railway CompanyCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limitedenvironmental violation2008TX-ENV$22,000
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.CSXenvironmental violation2005EPA$22,000
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.CSXrailroad safety violation2016FRA$21,945
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2021FRA$21,940
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2006FRA$21,925
Norfolk Southern RailwayNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2013FRA$21,850
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2006FRA$21,850
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2004FRA$21,825
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2009FRA$21,800
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2005FRA$21,800
Canadian National Railway CompanyCanadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2009FRA$21,785
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2002FRA$21,750
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2003FRA$21,750
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2006FRA$21,650
CSX Transportation Inc.CSXrailroad safety violation2003FRA$21,625
Canadian National Railway CompanyCanadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2009FRA$21,600
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2009FRA$21,600
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2008FRA$21,600
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.CSXrailroad safety violation2019FRA$21,600
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2004FRA$21,550
CSX Transportation IncCSXrailroad safety violation2023FRA$21,549
Canadian National RailwayCanadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2011FRA$21,520
CSX Transportation IncCSXrailroad safety violation2023FRA$21,502
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2009FRA$21,500
Stillwater Central Railroad Co., Inc.Watco Companiesrailroad safety violation2009FRA$21,500
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2001FRA$21,500
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.CSXrailroad safety violation2017FRA$21,500
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.CSXrailroad safety violation2017FRA$21,500
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2002FRA$21,475
Canadian National RailwayCanadian National Railwayrailroad safety violation2011FRA$21,440
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2008FRA$21,400
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2007FRA$21,375
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2002FRA$21,375
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2002FRA$21,375
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2003FRA$21,375
CSX INTERMODAL LITTLE FERRY TERMINALCSXwater pollution violation2008NJ-ENV$21,370
Timber Rock Railroad Company, Inc.Watco Companiesrailroad safety violation2015FRA$21,300
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2006FRA$21,300
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2003FRA$21,275
Union Pacific Railroad CompanyUnion Pacificrailroad safety violation2020FRA$21,235
Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyNorfolk Southernrailroad safety violation2000FRA$21,200
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.