April 9, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: CNN, April 9, 2024) Norfolk Southern has reached a $600 million settlement that, if approved by a court, will resolve all class-action lawsuits within 20 miles of its 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, derailment that spilled more than a million pounds of hazardous...
April 3, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, April 3, 2024) The aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented, federal officials...
March 16, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: The Hill, March 14, 2024) A class action suit accusing Norfolk Southern of negligence over the train derailment that released toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, last year can go forward, a federal judge determined Wednesday. Full story: The...
March 14, 2024 | DOT, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, March 12, 2024) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has reiterated his concerns about railroad safety and scolded the industry for not doing more to improve since last year’s fiery Ohio derailment. In a new letter to the freight...
March 8, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2024) The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board told...
March 8, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 7, 2024) Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled. The decision issued March 6 threw out the railroad’s claim that the...
February 29, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, News, NS, PSR
The BLET General Chairmen who represent members at Norfolk Southern (NS) have taken the side of current railroad leadership as hedge fund Ancora Holdings attempts to take over the company and double-down on Precision Scheduled Railroading. Earlier this month,...
February 22, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source; National Public Radio, February 16, 2024) President Biden visited the small Ohio town of East Palestine on Friday, a little more than a year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there and spilled hazardous chemicals. “Let me be clear. While there are...
February 17, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, News, PSR, Railroad Safety
President Biden is scheduled to visit East Palestine to witness firsthand how the town is recovering from the devastation of last year’s derailment. This visit should help keep a spotlight on rail safety. (NTSB image) ____________________ President Joe Biden...
February 15, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, News, Railroad Safety
In a February 3 article detailing how railroad management’s public positions on railroad safety differ from their lobbying activity, the Washington Post exposed how the rail industry routinely says one thing — but does the opposite.“Over the past year, the nation’s...
