March 14, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: River Valley Organizing press release, March 13, 2023) Today, River Valley Organizing and more than 100 groups from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and across the country sent a joint letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and...
March 14, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WRIC, March 13, 2024) National rail giant Norfolk Southern will pay just $27,300 to Virginia after a derailment in 2020 dumped over 1,300 tons of coal into the Roanoke River. Environmental groups objected, arguing that the railroad could...
March 14, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KWCH, March 12, 2023) MCPHERSON, Kan. — A Union Pacific train derailed in McPherson Sunday morning, starting a small grass fire and leaking denatured alcohol in the area, McPherson County Communications said Sunday. The derailment happened...
March 14, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, March 14, 2023) Union Pacific officials believe that a broken wheel likely caused this weekend’s derailment that spilled denatured alcohol inside a Kansas refinery. Full story: Associated Press
March 14, 2023 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Amtrak press release, March 10, 2023) NEW ORLEANS – Amtrak will partner with the Southern Rail Commission (SRC) to apply for federal funds to study a new service between New York City, Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth by extending a section of the...
