February 8, 2024 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Nebraska Examiner, February 2, 2024) A filibuster stretching over three days derailed a proposal Friday to require two-person crews on trains operated by major railroads in Nebraska. Full story: Nebraska Examiner
February 8, 2024 | FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Short Line
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, February 6, 2024) The Federal Railroad Administration issued a rare emergency order shutting down an Oklahoma short line following the discovery of multiple derailments and safety violations. In an emergency order posted this...
February 8, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Washington Post, February 3, 2024) Publicly, Norfolk Southern and its peers have pledged to work with lawmakers on the bill. But the companies have still labored to severely weaken or eliminate some of its core provisions, according to 15 lawmakers,...
February 8, 2024 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Transport Topics, February 6, 2024) The agency is keeping in place a requirement that Class I railroads provide monthly data on hiring and retention plans, and also provide an additional update containing labor force targets. In addition, the railroads are...
February 2, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 2, 2024) Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago,...
February 2, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, TTD
(Source: Trains.com, February 1, 2024) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the leaders of all 13 railroad labor unions today urged Congress to tighten rail safety regulations as the one-year anniversary of the disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio,...
February 2, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 1, 2024) Residents of eastern Ohio can now get an up-close view in newly released videos of the twin toxic towers of fire that forced them from their homes last February after officials decided to blow open five tank cars filled...
February 2, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, January 31, 2024) President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment almost one year ago, accepting an invitation from the East Palestine mayor to see firsthand how the cleanup of...
February 2, 2024 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, January 29, 2024) About 1,000 engineers and conductors who work for Norfolk Southern will soon be able to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without any fear of discipline. Officials with the unions that signed onto...
February 2, 2024 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station WDBJ 7, January 30, 2024) The Confidential Close Call Reporting System has been used successfully in the aviation industry, but so far, only about two dozen of the 800 railroads in the U.S. are participating. “It’s a good deal. And it’s a...
