March 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, March 14, 2023) The state of Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the February 3 toxic chemical derailment in East Palestine, Attorney General Dave Yost announced on March 14. Yost said that the derailment “caused the release of...
March 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: DeSmog Blog, March 14, 2023) It likely wasn’t a pleasant experience for NS CEO Alan Shaw, especially when Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) informed him mid-hearing that another of Norfolk Southern’s trains had just derailed. However, even this painful irony...
March 15, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 14, 2023) President Joe Biden’s proposed fiscal-year 2024 budget released last week calls for over $1 billion in rail safety improvements, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Meanwhile, the U.S. Conference...
March 15, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Reuters, March 15, 2023) Thirteen train cars carrying automobiles derailed yesterday, March 13, at Union Pacific’s rail yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Full story: Wyoming News Now
March 14, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 11, 2023) Heather Bable speaks rapidly, recalling the terror of the night when a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed less than a half-mile from her home in East Palestine, Ohio. She heard an earthshaking boom and, from her...
