March 1, 2023 | DOT, East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: Kansas City Star, February 27, 2023) U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pledged to hold American freight railroads to stricter standards in the wake of a train disaster in Ohio last month and Republican criticism of the Biden...
February 23, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, News, NS, NTSB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 23 — The following statement is from Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) National President Eddie Hall in response to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) preliminary report released today on the East...
February 21, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, DOT, East Palestine-NS, News, NS, Remote Control
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 21 — The following statement is from BLET National President Eddie Hall in response to recommendations released today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg: Our members who work in the cabs of the nation’s train engines welcome...
February 16, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, February 15, 2023) Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school gym to seek answers about whether they were safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off. But residents had many questions...
February 16, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, February 16, 2023) Nearly two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the eastern Ohio village of East Palestine and sparked a massive dayslong blaze, residents packed a high school gym Wednesday for a meeting with...
