August 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, August 9, 2023) Norfolk Southern made improvements after one of its trains derailed, caught fire and spilled toxic chemicals near an Ohio town, but the company is nowhere near the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to be, according to...
July 19, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial from the Washington Post, July 17, 2023) National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy called the East Palestine train derailment “100 percent preventable.” Rail companies can do better; Congress should ensure they do. Full story:...
July 19, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star, July 18, 2023) Several Pennsylvania officials are calling for action to tighten railroad safety laws after a CSX train derailed in Montgomery County early Monday morning, July 17. Full story: Pennsylvania...
July 18, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: NorthJersey.com, July 18, 2023) Freight trains, some stretching 100 cars long, carrying ethanol, crude oil and other hazardous materials travel within feet of thousands of homes, businesses and schools in Bergen County. Local officials and emergency...
July 17, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, July 14, 2023) An internal GOP dispute between party leaders and a motley crew of junior lawmakers is threatening to sink a bipartisan rail safety bill aimed at responding to February’s toxic spill in East Palestine, Ohio. Full story:...
July 17, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial in the Altoona Mirror, July 15, 2023) The fiery Norfolk Southern derailment that wreaked havoc in and around East Palestine, Ohio, last winter — as well as the derailment’s aftermath — have dispatched numerous poignant messages not only to current...
July 7, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Press release from the office of Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), July 6, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) backed a new proposed rule from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
July 6, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 6, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration is demanding immediate changes to Norfolk Southern’s conductor trainee program, citing “grave deficiencies” that have been marked by incidents resulting in “amputations and other serious...
July 5, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Lawsuit, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age, July 5, 2023) The Association of American Railroads filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on June 30 seeking to block the state’s two-person train crew mandate, which AAR contends doesn’t permit exceptions and is...
July 3, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, Train Length
(Source: Associated Press, June 27, 2023) Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight railroads are pursuing their own safety remedies rather than wait for federal action amid industry opposition and questions about whether they even...
