March 7, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, UP
(Source: Television station KLKN, March 6, 2023) Legislative Bill 31 was presented by Sen. Mike Jacobson. It seeks to address safety concerns by requiring all crews to have a minimum of two people. One thing that routinely came up during testimony on the bill is PSR....
March 7, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Bloomberg Law, March 6, 2023) A Texas state jury found that Union Pacific owes $557 million in damages to a woman who suffered brain damage and amputations following a collision with one of its trains. Full story: Bloomberg Law
March 7, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNBC, March 6, 2023) Hours after a 28-car Norfolk Southern train derailed Saturday in Springfield, Ohio — the third incident for the freight railroad in just over a month, including the toxic disaster in East Palestine, Ohio — internal emails show railroad...
March 7, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, March 6, 2023) The railroad responsible for last month’s toxic train derailment in Ohio will roll out pledges Monday to make its trains safer, just days before its CEO is set to testify to Congress for the first time about its role in the disaster....
March 7, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WHTM, March 6, 2023) Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced that he has received commitment from Norfolk Southern to pay millions of dollars for damages to Pennsylvania and its residents as a result of the Feb. 3 train derailment in...
