April 13, 2023 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WBRC, April 11, 2023) An official with Birmingham Fire and Rescue confirms a rail car carrying automobiles caught fire this evening in Birmingham. Full story: www.wbrc.com
April 13, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WBRC, April 12, 2023) Lawmakers are sharing their concerns and what could be done to address the frequent problems that trains are creating in Central Alabama. Tuesday night, a rail car caught fire while parked on the tracks. Frequently,...
April 13, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: National Public Radio, April 10, 2023) A ProPublica report on a railroad cost-cutting approach called Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) concludes that a strategy that employs longer trains with fewer employees puts profits ahead of safety in the freight...
April 13, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Technology
(Source: Ideastream Public Media, April 13, 2023) The February train derailment in East Palestine has raised questions about the safety of freight rail companies. Now, the U.S. Congress is considering two pieces of legislation that would address the use of wayside...
April 11, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial in the Seattle Times, April 9, 2023) State and federal governments recently have focused on ways to make the nation’s railways safer after a series of derailments, from East Palestine, Ohio, to Swinomish, left communities concerned about their own...
April 11, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety, Whistleblower
(Source: Vice, April 10, 2023) Since 2013, there have been 2,054 whistleblower complaints filed with OSHA by freight rail workers against the seven biggest railroads in the country, known as Class I railroads, according to documents obtained by Motherboard via a...
April 11, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 10, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters won big for workers as members at two Sysco locations ratified record-breaking contracts. The victories successfully ended the...
April 11, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Yahoo News, April 10, 2023) Two months after the East Palestine disaster, amid mounting distrust and as lawsuits pile up against Norfolk Southern, the railroad giant maintains an outsized role in monitoring for contamination in and around East Palestine....
April 11, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Yahoo News, April 10, 2023) The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the commercial vehicle was hauling 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil along Route 165, near Waterford Road, when it crashed and overturned, according to the report. Nearly half of its contents...
April 11, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: 1819 News, April 10, 2023) Another Norfolk Southern train derailed in Jasper on Saturday night, marking the third time one of its trains has gone off the rails in Alabama since January. It also trapped crew members inside the engine room, requiring assistance...
