March 13, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB, PSR
(Source: The Times Leader, March 13, 2023) A nationally recognized train safety expert is taking the railroad industry to task, calling it “one of the most protected and coddled industries in our country.” Full story: The Times Leader
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...
March 8, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: CNN, March 8, 2023) A Norfolk Southern conductor was killed Tuesday after being struck by a dump truck at a facility in Ohio, prompting a National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the railway’s safety culture due to the “number and...
March 7, 2023 | Fatality, News, NS, NTSB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 7 — Louis P. Shuster, a proud member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), employed as a Norfolk Southern conductor, was struck and killed early Tuesday when a dump truck collided with a train car in Cleveland. “Lou...
March 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, March 2, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board “is looking closely” at how aluminum protective housing covers on three tank cars carrying vinyl chloride performed after the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train near East...
March 3, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 3, 2023) Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad’s operator Thursday at a town forum, demanding to know whether they’d be...
March 2, 2023 | BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 27, 2023) A lack of markers warning of a close-clearance situation was the probable cause of a fatal accident involving a BNSF Railway conductor in La Mirada, Calif., on March 3, 2021, the National Transportation Safety Board said...
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...
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...
