March 29, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 28, 2023) Union Pacific reopened its Cima Subdivision today less than 26 hours after part of an iron ore train ran away and derailed on the 2.2% Cima Hill grade near Kelso. Trains Magazine reported that: “The train separated between the...
March 29, 2023 | CP, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 28, 2023) The cold weather in North Dakota kept chemicals that spilled from a derailed Canadian Pacific train from spreading very far, authorities said. Full story: Associated Press
March 29, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: NBC News, March 28, 2023) The Environmental Protection Agency says levels of cancer-causing chemicals called dioxins in East Palestine, Ohio, are “similar to typical background levels” after a train derailment and chemical burn last month, but it has yet to...
March 29, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 23, 2023) An improperly aligned derail was responsible for the derailment of a BNSF Railway train on the Swinomish Reservation last week, a Federal Railroad Administration representative told a local National Public Radio station. Full...
March 28, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR
(Source: National Public Radio, March 23, 2023) It’s one of the biggest trends to shape the railroad industry in more than a century – precision scheduled railroading, or PSR. It’s a business model that’s propelled railroad companies to...
March 28, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Atlantic, March 23, 2023) It’s been more than a month since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. More than 100,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, were released, with some spilling into waterways. Many hundreds of people had...
March 28, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, SMART-TD
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2023) Norfolk Southern is backing away from its push to reduce its train crews down to one person, the company said Thursday in a joint announcement with the nation’s largest rail union. Full story: Associated...
March 28, 2023 | CP, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Television station KVLV, March 27, 2023) More than two dozen Canadian Pacific train cars derailed with some spilling hazardous material in Richland County. Canadian Pacific’s preliminary investigation finds a broken rail was the cause of the derailment. Full...
March 23, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 21, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board examined and tested pressure relief devices removed from the five vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) tank cars...
March 23, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 21, 2023) A Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers for two of its locomotives and a company inspection did not identify their absence, federal investigators said...
