April 10, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 7, 2023) All the positive freight railroad safety statistics in the world — like more than 99.9% of hazardous materials shipments arriving without incident — can’t overcome that image of a towering column of black smoke rising from East...
April 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS
(Source: The Canton Repository, April 7, 2023) A federal judge has consolidated 31 federal lawsuits filed against Norfolk Southern over the fiery train derailment in East Palestine two months ago. Judge Benita Y. Pearson of the U.S. District Court’s Northern...
April 10, 2023 | CEO Pay, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, April 6, 2023) Part of the deal with being the boss is you get paid top dollar in exchange for taking on the most risk. In theory, at least. But the pandemic era has, in many cases, flipped that idea on its head. Recent filings illustrate the way CEOs...
April 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 7, 2023) Norfolk Southern’s hometown newspaper, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, profiles CEO Alan Shaw but BLET President Eddie Hall gets the last word: “We still have engineers and conductors forced to choose...
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS News, April 9, 2023) Pittsburgh police said a Norfolk Southern train derailed by the Brunot Island Trail Saturday morning. It marked the railroad’s fourth derailment and the fifth incident in a little more than two months, which included the...
April 6, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: People’s World, April 4, 2023) Unions, safety specialists, and—now—the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have contended that corporate greed drove Norfolk Southern Railway to cut corners on safety inspections and prevention, thus leading to the disastrous...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, March 31, 2023) Seven US government investigators briefly fell ill in early March while studying the possible health impacts of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to CNN on...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Chronicle-Telegram, April 6, 2023) U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, and JD Vance, R-OH, and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, sent a letter to Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw on Wednesday demanding the railroad company take responsibility and pay immediately...
April 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 31, 2023) The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and...
April 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: New York Times, April 3, 2023) “It’s profit over everything, not just safety,” Mark Wallace, First Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, said in reference to the entire rail industry. “It’s profit over customer service. It’s...
