You can thank the railroads for cutting a lot of the jobs for track inspectors. Many of the jobs of car inspectors have also been slashed. Rail cars are being used without proper inspection and the same with the tracks. Derailments are up across the board because of this. Train lengths are in many cases double and in some triple of what they were. This causes very long waits at crossings, if an emergency vehicle is waiting, people can and will die. All of this because hedge funds decided 10 billion a year profit is not enough. 
Best wishes to everyone involved.