May 26, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Unions
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, May 23, 2023) ATLNTA — Norfolk Southern Corporation President and CEO Alan H. Shaw and leaders of 12 Norfolk Southern labor unions sent a joint letter Tuesday underscoring their shared goal of partnering together to drive...
May 26, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 24, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold an investigative hearing open to the public in East Palestine, Ohio, on June 22-23. During the hearing, the NTSB...
May 26, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS Chicago, May 25, 2023) A large rail yard on Chicago’s South Side could soon get even bigger. Norfolk Southern recently made headlines because of a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. Now, as the company works to rebuild trust and build out...
May 23, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Press release from the ranking members of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, May 22, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member ...
May 23, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Meadville Tribune, May 22, 2023) Democrats in the Pennsylvania Senate hosted a policy meeting Friday toward strengthening safety regulations for the rail industry and if the tenor of that meeting is any indication, effective legislation will be hard to enact....
May 22, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial in the Baltimore Sun, May 18, 2023) So far, there’s been a deafening silence coming out of the House where legislation to the Senate bill has been introduced. More than three months after the disaster, the House Committee on Transportation and...
May 22, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS, PSR
(Source; Reuters, May 16, 2023) Norfolk Southern Corp. was sued on May 16 by bondholders who said they lost hundreds of millions of dollars because the railroad concealed safety risks prior to the February derailment in Ohio of a train carrying hazardous chemicals....
May 15, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: KOMO News, May 14, 2023) On Wednesday, Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington state led an executive session on the proposed Railway Safety Act of 2023. The bill was introduced by Senators Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance of Ohio after a major Norfolk...
May 15, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial in the Marietta Times, May 13, 2023) MARIETTA, Ohio — Perhaps Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has been urged to seize a political opportunity by using trigger words such as “Biden administration,” “coal” and fossil fuels “that the radical green movement...
May 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Reuters, May 12, 2023) A Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed near New Castle, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night received an alarm several miles before the incident, according to preliminary findings released Friday by the National Transportation...
