March 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 8, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board today approved Montana Rail Link’s plan to terminate its lease with BNSF Railway, paving the way for BNSF to regain control of the former Northern Pacific main line between Jones Junction,...
March 8, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Fatality, FRA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 7, 2023 Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month and several other accidents involving Norfolk...
March 8, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, March 7, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced its plan to conduct a 60-day supplemental safety assessment of Norfolk Southern Railway following multiple safety...
March 8, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: CNN, March 8, 2023) A Norfolk Southern conductor was killed Tuesday after being struck by a dump truck at a facility in Ohio, prompting a National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the railway’s safety culture due to the “number and...
March 8, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety, Unions
(Source: Television station WFMJ, March 6, 2023) It’s been more than a month since the toxic train derailment that dominated headlines across the nation. On Monday, Norfolk Southern announced a new safety plan that might prevent disaster in the future. Some...
March 8, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, SMART-TD
(Source: Bloomberg News, March 7, 2023) More than six months before February’s toxic train derailment, a union representing Norfolk Southern Corp. employees in Ohio warned federal regulators that the railroad repeatedly disregarded its own safety rules for screening...
March 8, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WKRC, March 7, 2023) Norfolk Southern’s accident rate has climbed steadily nationally and in Ohio in the last 10 years, according to a Local 12 Investigates analysis of federal rail safety data. Full story:...
March 8, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Reuters, March 7, 2023) Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said on Tuesday the railroad will hold safety meetings and work to revitalize its safety culture as U.S. officials announced two new wide-ranging reviews in the wake of a spate of accidents. Full story:...
March 8, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR, Technology
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 6, 2023) Installing sensors on freight cars is the only way to prevent another disastrous derailment like the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern hazardous materials wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, a wheel bearing expert says. Full story: Trains...
March 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Unions
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 7, 2023) A group of unions announced on March 7 that they have filed suit against BNSF Railway over outsourcing of locomotive inspections, maintenance, and repairs, claiming the railroad is cutting its mechanical workforce to boost...
