April 10, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Sioux City Journal, April 8, 2023) The cause of a train derailment, which snarled traffic on Sioux City’s north side Thursday evening, remained under investigation Friday. A southbound Union Pacific train derailed near the intersection of 28th Street...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR
(Source: The Real News Network, March 31, 2023) I am a carman who has worked at Norfolk Southern for nearly 20 years. During that time, I’ve had a front-row seat to the complete and utter degradation of this industry. Full story: The Real News...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Transportation for America, April 5, 2023) Between all seven Class I freight railroad companies, the U.S. saw over 1,000 derailments in 2022. Norfolk Southern (the company responsible for the derailment in East Palestine) had 119 by itself. Other railways had...
April 6, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: People’s World, April 4, 2023) Unions, safety specialists, and—now—the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have contended that corporate greed drove Norfolk Southern Railway to cut corners on safety inspections and prevention, thus leading to the disastrous...
April 6, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Nevada Independent, April 5, 2023) Sponsored by the Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure, AB456 would look to cut down on the size of trains that can often reach or exceed 3 miles long and weigh more than 60 million pounds — “monster trains” that...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, March 31, 2023) Seven US government investigators briefly fell ill in early March while studying the possible health impacts of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to CNN on...
April 6, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television station WCVB, April 5, 2023) Millions of dollars meant for repairs and maintenance on the MBTA Commuter Rail system were stolen through a fraud scheme involving a high-ranking engineer and the former general manager of an electrical company,...
April 6, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, April 5, 2023) U.S. rail traffic in March 2023 dropped from the same month last year—down 7.6% or 192,349 carloads and intermodal units, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported April 5. This follows February’s 5.2% drop from the...
April 6, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Star Tribune, March 29, 2023) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A 41-year-old Sauk Rapids man will serve 18 months in prison for climbing onto a train and assaulting the locomotive engineer with a knife last fall. The engineer told police a man jumped on the train,...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Chronicle-Telegram, April 6, 2023) U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, and JD Vance, R-OH, and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, sent a letter to Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw on Wednesday demanding the railroad company take responsibility and pay immediately...
