Operation Lifesaver is the largest rail safety education organization in the United States.[1] It was founded by the Union Pacific Railroad in the early 1970s.[2]
Operation Lifesaver is the nation's largest and most influential rail-safety group, but documents show that the organization is tightly bound to the railroad industry, and its critics, including many accident victims, say it inoculates railroads against liability in grade-crossing collisions
Operation Lifesaver, a nonprofit association co-founded three decades ago by Union Pacific, has denied having a pro-railroad agenda.