February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: The Nation, February 15, 2023) As public outrage has grown over the toxic fallout from last week’s fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, the urgent questions behind this disaster echo the past year’s confrontations over...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: The American Prospect, February 14, 2023) In the village of East Palestine, on a late Friday evening, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on the Ohio side of the Pennsylvania border, causing tanker cars to rupture and catch fire, releasing thousands of...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Coal Valley News, February 15, 2023) The derailment of a Norfolk Southern train at East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3 has some people wondering if railroads’ cutbacks in personnel and push toward efficiency has come at the expense of safety of rail workers and...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR, Quarterly Income
(Source: Freight Waves, February 14, 2023) Two Wall Street analysts said Norfolk Southern won’t see a major hit to its bottom line following a major derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a village roughly 50 miles from Pittsburgh. Bank of America’s Ken Hoexter wrote...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, February 14, 2023) The Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in Ohio released more toxic chemicals than first reported, according to a report NS provided to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Full story: Freight...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: USA Today, January 15, 2023) Had industry lobbying interests not prevailed on the 2015 ECP brake rule, the Norfolk Southern Railway train involved in the Feb. 3 derailment may have been equipped with the better braking system, shown in studies to reduce the...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC News, February 14, 2023) Waterways along the Ohio River are still contaminated with hazardous materials following a train derailment that spilled multiple toxic chemicals, but officials are confident that those waterways are contained and not affecting...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Load Star, February 14, 2023) US rail seems to be in an extremely bad place. A colleague this morning sent a message: “There’s been a CSX derailment”. A quick look on the internet, however, and there have been an awful lot recently. CSX’s accident in...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, NTSB, PSR
(Source: The Hill, February 14, 2023) Questions have swirled in recent days around the root causes of the accident and whether residents should be concerned about a continued threat to land and water. The accident has also raised scrutiny over safety regulations. Full...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Television station WFMJ, February 15, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board investigators say they expect to publish a preliminary report in two weeks on the Norfolk Southern derailment. The NTSB announced on Tuesday that they have located the rail...
