April 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS
(Source: The Canton Repository, April 7, 2023) A federal judge has consolidated 31 federal lawsuits filed against Norfolk Southern over the fiery train derailment in East Palestine two months ago. Judge Benita Y. Pearson of the U.S. District Court’s Northern...
April 10, 2023 | CEO Pay, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, April 6, 2023) Part of the deal with being the boss is you get paid top dollar in exchange for taking on the most risk. In theory, at least. But the pandemic era has, in many cases, flipped that idea on its head. Recent filings illustrate the way CEOs...
April 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 7, 2023) Norfolk Southern’s hometown newspaper, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, profiles CEO Alan Shaw but BLET President Eddie Hall gets the last word: “We still have engineers and conductors forced to choose...
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS News, April 9, 2023) Pittsburgh police said a Norfolk Southern train derailed by the Brunot Island Trail Saturday morning. It marked the railroad’s fourth derailment and the fifth incident in a little more than two months, which included the...
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Sioux City Journal, April 8, 2023) The cause of a train derailment, which snarled traffic on Sioux City’s north side Thursday evening, remained under investigation Friday. A southbound Union Pacific train derailed near the intersection of 28th Street...
