July 6, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, July 5, 2023) Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash, and the railroad wants to make sure that company and the owners of...
July 5, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Morning Journal, July 4, 2023) Monday, July 3, marked five months since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, and while some in the village are satisfied with both the cleanup efforts and the railroad’s attempts to make amends, others remain...
July 5, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: The Ohio Star, July 5, 2023) Ohio Governor Mike DeWine requested on Monday that President Joe Biden issue a Major Presidential Disaster Declaration for damage resulting from the catastrophic East Palestine train derailment that occurred earlier this year....
July 5, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS
(Source: Television station WOIO, July 5, 2023) Norfolk Southern filed a lawsuit Friday against seven companies involved in the February 3 derailment that resulted in hazardous chemicals being spilled and burned off in East Palestine. The lawsuit was filed in the...
July 3, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, June 29, 2023) Norfolk Southern has hired an outside consultant to advise on its safety culture. Some rail unions bristle — like BLET in particular — because the outside consultant is unfamiliar with railroads. “Hiring outside consultants...
June 23, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB, Train Length
(Source: Politico, June 22, 2023) A Norfolk Southern locomotive engineer who inspected the train before it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, was rebuffed when he told a supervisor he was concerned about the train’s length and composition, according to new information...
June 23, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: NBC News, June 23, 2023) The decision to vent and burn five train cars’ carcinogenic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, in February came under renewed scrutiny Thursday as federal investigators questioned officials in the community still reeling from the...
June 23, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Hill, June 22, 2023) Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee issued a new request Thursday for documents from Norfolk Southern, alleging the railroad company has failed to produce documents on its derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier...
June 23, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board, June 22, 2023) The docket (DCA23HR001) for NTSB’s investigative hearing regarding the February 3, 2023, derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, is now available on the NTSB website. NTSB...
June 22, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, June 22, 2023) Some of the key decisions made in the aftermath of February’s fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in eastern Ohio will be examined at a hearing Thursday. Full story: Associated Press
