March 30, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Ideastream Public Media, March 29, 2023) Norfolk Southern will hire Ohio businesses for cleanup in the aftermath of the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. Full story: Ideastream Public Media
March 30, 2023 | Amtrak, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 29, 2023) Amtrak’s New York City-Montreal Adirondack train, the only Amtrak service that was discontinued because of the COVID virus, is finally coming back. Its first northbound run from Penn Station New York will take place on Monday,...
March 30, 2023 | BNSF, Coal, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Wyoming Public Media, March 29, 2023) A state lawmaker is criticizing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway for what he says is a failure of the railroad to meet contractual terms for coal shipments from the state. This comes as critics claim the...
March 30, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: The West Side Journal, March 29, 2023) At 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Louisiana State Police—Hazardous materials was informed a Union Pacific Railroad train had derailed near the Anchorage overpass near LA-1 in Port Allen. The train’s tanks contained liquid...
March 30, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Television station KFYR, March 29, 2023) Several cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train left the tracks Wednesday morning near a grain elevator in Hettinger. Fisher said no one was injured, and there were no hazardous materials on board. Full story:...
