Asbestos Exposure in the Railroad Industry

As a railroad worker, you helped develop America’s economy and transportation system. Through repairs and inspections, you made sure railways were safe for passengers and cargo. Employers and manufacturers should have made sure railways were safe for you. Unfortunately, they didn’t. Railroad equipment manufacturers knew asbestos exposure could cause irreversible damage to your health but

I’m a Retired Railroader With Cancer. Do I have a claim?

Thousands of retired railroaders have been diagnosed with asbestos-related cancers. What’s more tragic: It could’ve been prevented. As early as the 1930s, asbestos-product manufacturers knew asbestos was a hazardous material but continued to sell and market these products through the 1970s, and even later. Many of these asbestos-containing products such as brake shoes and pipe