April 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: New York Times, April 3, 2023) “It’s profit over everything, not just safety,” Mark Wallace, First Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, said in reference to the entire rail industry. “It’s profit over customer service. It’s...
March 31, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Vox, March 30, 2023) Although train derailments involving hazardous chemicals are relatively rare, the occurrence of the Minnesota derailment so close to the Ohio one has raised questions about train safety and whether new regulations are needed to prevent...
March 31, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, March 30, 2023) Hundreds of people had to evacuate their Minnesota town after a BNSF train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire early Thursday, but authorities were hopeful that the quick response and cold weather would...
March 30, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: ABC News, March 30, 2023) The incident was reported at around 1 a.m. CT. Multiple tankers of a train operated by BNSF Railway derailed and caught fire on the western edge of Raymond, a town in Minnesota’s southwestern Kandiyohi County that has a...
March 30, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Ideastream Public Media, March 29, 2023) Norfolk Southern will hire Ohio businesses for cleanup in the aftermath of the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. Full story: Ideastream Public Media
March 30, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: The West Side Journal, March 29, 2023) At 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Louisiana State Police—Hazardous materials was informed a Union Pacific Railroad train had derailed near the Anchorage overpass near LA-1 in Port Allen. The train’s tanks contained liquid...
March 30, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Television station KFYR, March 29, 2023) Several cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train left the tracks Wednesday morning near a grain elevator in Hettinger. Fisher said no one was injured, and there were no hazardous materials on board. Full story:...
March 29, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, Lawsuit, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, March 27, 2023) BNSF intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community when the railway company ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation, a federal judge ruled Monday. The...
March 29, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Hill, March 28, 2023) Norfolk Southern hired the Klein/Johnson Group to lobby on rail and surface transportation issues. The move comes as Congress considers legislation to improve railroad safety regulations. Full story: The Hill
March 29, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, March 27, 2023) No one was injured when a runaway Union Pacific ore train derailed at the bottom of Cima Hill, east of Barstow, Calif., on Monday. Full story: Railfan & Railroad Magazine
