March 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNBC, March 1, 2023) The presidents of U.S. railroad unions told Biden administration officials that rail workers have fallen ill at the Norfolk Southern derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio, in a push for more train safety. Rail workers who have worked or...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, DOT, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC News, February 28, 2023) U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is calling on the rail operator at the center of a hazardous train derailment in Ohio to join a program that would allow its employees to voluntarily and confidentially report close...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC News, March 1, 2023) The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, has agreed to appear before a Senate committee next week. Alan Shaw will appear before the Senate’s Environment and Public...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, February 27, 2023) The Biden administration recently announced a slew of actions it plans to take aimed at improving rail safety in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Full story: Freight...
March 2, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 2, 2023) Proposed safety measures in response to the East Palestine train derailment are part of a $12.6 billion state transportation budget passed Wednesday by the Ohio House with bipartisan support. Full story: Associated...
March 1, 2023 | 2-man Crews, DOT, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, February 21, 2023) Among the immediate calls for action: Freight rail industry should accelerate phase-in of safer tank cars and provide workers paid sick leave, and Congress can raise existing caps on the...
March 1, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: USA Today, February 27, 2023) The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has left the small community devastated, and questions about the environmental and public health consequences remain unanswered. It also spurred calls for action to hold the freight...
March 1, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Hill, February 28, 2023) Ohio residents who filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials through East Palestine urged a judge on Monday to block the company from destroying evidence related to the...
March 1, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, February 27, 2023) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told Norfolk Southern where to dispose of waste from the site of the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in part because of concerns elsewhere about having it...
February 23, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, News, NS, NTSB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 23 — The following statement is from Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) National President Eddie Hall in response to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) preliminary report released today on the East...
