April 10, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS News, April 9, 2023) Pittsburgh police said a Norfolk Southern train derailed by the Brunot Island Trail Saturday morning. It marked the railroad’s fourth derailment and the fifth incident in a little more than two months, which included the...
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 | 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 | 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...
April 6, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: MPR News, April 5, 2023) Trains are running again through Raymond after a derailment caused an evacuation of the community last week. Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board still has a crew on the scene as it investigates the cause of the...
April 5, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, April 3, 2023) Crews could face a difficult cleanup task after a 25-car train derailment spilled powdered clay and cases of beer beside a scenic western Montana river, leaving some cars off the tracks in a narrow, century-old tunnel with...
April 5, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: West Central Tribune, April 3, 2023) Just over two weeks before Thursday’s fiery derailment of 22 BNSF Railway rail cars in Raymond, firefighters from the community participated in a training on how to respond to incidents just like this one. Full story: West...
April 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 31, 2023) The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and...
