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...
February 13, 2024 | DOT, East Palestine-NS, News, Railroad Safety
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg: “Just basic common sense to me says that you at least want to have two people on board a train that might be carrying hazardous materials, that might be going at a high speed through communities.” IBT Image ____________________...
February 9, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: National Public Radio, February 8, 2024) ProPublica Reporter Topher Sanders has spent the last two years with his colleagues reviewing court and regulatory records of thousands of incidents involving trains. They’ve conducted 200 interviews, including...
February 8, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 7, 2024) Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a hearing in East Palestine this June. The National Transportation Safety Board announced...
February 8, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Washington Post, February 3, 2024) Publicly, Norfolk Southern and its peers have pledged to work with lawmakers on the bill. But the companies have still labored to severely weaken or eliminate some of its core provisions, according to 15 lawmakers,...
February 6, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, News, Railroad Safety
In an interview with America’s Work Force Union Podcast, BLET National President Eddie Hall talked about growing concerns with rail safety one year after the tragic events of East Palestine, Ohio. He said the Norfolk Southern derailment of February 3, 2023, brought...
February 3, 2024 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Legislation, News, NS, Railroad Safety
In an ideal world, February 3, 2024, would serve as a day to reflect on the safety improvements the rail industry has made since Norfolk Southern’s derailment and massive chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. But the sad reality is that the rail industry has learned...
February 2, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 2, 2024) Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago,...
