March 10, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: NBC News, March 9, 2023) A Norfolk Southern train derailed Thursday in Calhoun County, Alabama, hours before company CEO Alan Shaw faced lawmakers to answer questions about a Feb. 3 derailment that led to a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. Full...
March 10, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Guardian, March 9, 2023) Norfolk Southern’s decision to call for the burning of five derailed train cars in East Palestine, Ohio, was “jaw-dropping” and a consequence of poor communication by the railroad, a local emergency management official told a...
March 10, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: MarketWatch, March 9, 2023) Norfolk Southern Corp. CEO Alan Shaw will tell senators that the carrier is “committed to learning” from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and “making this right” for the local community affected by the disaster. The CEO...
March 10, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, March 9, 2023) Partisan rifts emerged Thursday during the first congressional hearing on the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio — with Democrats grilling Norfolk Southern’s CEO for his railroad’s role in the disaster, while Republicans pilloried the...
March 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 10, 2023) U.S. railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service Thursday after Norfolk Southern discovered loose wheels on a car involved in last weekend’s derailment in Ohio. NS said in a statement that after the railroad...
March 9, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Yahoo Finance, March 8, 2023) Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Vice President and National Legislative Representative Vince Verna joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the Ohio train derailments, railroad regulation, and the outlook for...
March 9, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, PSR
Federal regulators are looking into a previously unreported incident involving Norfolk Southern potentially mishandling a conductor’s concern on a train carrying hazardous material just weeks after a similar defect precipitated the derailment in East Palestine,...
March 9, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source; USA Today, March 9, 2023) Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw will face a U.S. Senate panel Thursday as his company contends with increased scrutiny over a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month. Full story: USA Today
March 8, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Fatality, FRA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 7, 2023 Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month and several other accidents involving Norfolk...
March 8, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, March 7, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced its plan to conduct a 60-day supplemental safety assessment of Norfolk Southern Railway following multiple safety...
