March 30, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Ideastream Public Media, March 29, 2023) Norfolk Southern will hire Ohio businesses for cleanup in the aftermath of the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. Full story: Ideastream Public Media
March 29, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Hill, March 28, 2023) Norfolk Southern hired the Klein/Johnson Group to lobby on rail and surface transportation issues. The move comes as Congress considers legislation to improve railroad safety regulations. Full story: The Hill
March 29, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: NBC News, March 28, 2023) The Environmental Protection Agency says levels of cancer-causing chemicals called dioxins in East Palestine, Ohio, are “similar to typical background levels” after a train derailment and chemical burn last month, but it has yet to...
March 28, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Atlantic, March 23, 2023) It’s been more than a month since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. More than 100,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, were released, with some spilling into waterways. Many hundreds of people had...
March 28, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, SMART-TD
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2023) Norfolk Southern is backing away from its push to reduce its train crews down to one person, the company said Thursday in a joint announcement with the nation’s largest rail union. Full story: Associated...
March 28, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Associated Press, March 26, 2023) Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry’s longstanding push to cut train crews down to one person as lawmakers and regulators increasingly focus on rail...
March 23, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 21, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board examined and tested pressure relief devices removed from the five vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) tank cars...
March 23, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 21, 2023) A Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers for two of its locomotives and a company inspection did not identify their absence, federal investigators said...
March 22, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, March 21, 2023) At an investor’s conference last December, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw made a somewhat surprising announcement for the rail industry: The company would look beyond short-term profits to rebuild service and invest in...
March 22, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, March 22, 2023) Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday facing pressure to support rail safety legislation proposed in the wake of his railroad’s massive toxic spill from a February 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. NS has...
