June 2, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 1, 2023) The 164th car of a Norfolk Southern train triggered a critical hot box detector alert before a May wreck in Pennsylvania, but the train continued on its journey for 15.34 miles before derailing because neither the crew nor the...
June 2, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, June 1, 2023) “I’m taking it personal. We’re going to be the gold standard in safety in the rail industry,” Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said at the North American Rail Shippers annual conference in Chicago last week. Full story: Freight...
May 31, 2023 | News, NS, Paid Sick Leave
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 31 — “No concessions and no punitive attendance policy.” That was the clear message delivered to BLET’s Norfolk Southern members over conference calls and Zoom meetings set up to explain the breakthrough tentative agreement announced on May 18....
May 31, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WOIO, May 29, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — It’s been almost four months since the catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine but people are still getting sick and they’re still begging for answers. Linda and Russell...
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 22, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 19, 2023) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, one of the two largest rail unions, reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern for up to seven paid sick days for engineers. That includes five new paid sick...
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 18, 2023 | News, NS, Paid Sick Leave
Agreement to provide new benefits to over 3,300 craft railroaders INDEPENDENCE, OH, and ATLANTA (May 18, 2023) — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) announced Thursday that they have reached an...
