March 3, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 2, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on March 1 announced a national initiative for focused inspections on routes that carry high-hazard flammable trains (HHFTs) and other trains carrying large volumes of hazardous material...
March 2, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: The Guardian, February 27, 2023) The PR push is a window into a years-long, multimillion-dollar campaign by America’s biggest railroad corporations to win favor among federal regulators and policymakers and push back against calls for tougher regulation – a...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNBC, March 1, 2023) The presidents of U.S. railroad unions told Biden administration officials that rail workers have fallen ill at the Norfolk Southern derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio, in a push for more train safety. Rail workers who have worked or...
March 2, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, March 1, 2023) Railroads like the one involved in last month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio would be subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences under legislation being introduced...
March 2, 2023 | DOL, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 28, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien regarding President Joe Biden’s nomination of Julie Su as Labor Secretary: “The Teamsters...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, DOT, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC News, February 28, 2023) U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is calling on the rail operator at the center of a hazardous train derailment in Ohio to join a program that would allow its employees to voluntarily and confidentially report close...
March 2, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, March 1, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration has put out a safety advisory urging the railroads to look at their policies and procedures for using and maintaining hot bearing wayside detectors, also known as hot box detectors. Full story:...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC News, March 1, 2023) The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, has agreed to appear before a Senate committee next week. Alan Shaw will appear before the Senate’s Environment and Public...
March 2, 2023 | BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 27, 2023) A lack of markers warning of a close-clearance situation was the probable cause of a fatal accident involving a BNSF Railway conductor in La Mirada, Calif., on March 3, 2021, the National Transportation Safety Board said...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, February 27, 2023) The Biden administration recently announced a slew of actions it plans to take aimed at improving rail safety in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Full story: Freight...
