March 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: DeSmog Blog, March 14, 2023) It likely wasn’t a pleasant experience for NS CEO Alan Shaw, especially when Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) informed him mid-hearing that another of Norfolk Southern’s trains had just derailed. However, even this painful irony...
March 15, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 14, 2023) President Joe Biden’s proposed fiscal-year 2024 budget released last week calls for over $1 billion in rail safety improvements, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Meanwhile, the U.S. Conference...
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 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, March 9, 2023) President Joe Biden’s effort to toughen railroad safety regulations is setting up a collision with an industry used to getting its way in Washington. Full story: Politico
March 9, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(The Lever, March 9, 2023) In 2004, a registered lobbyist for a railroad corporation got himself elected to the U.S. Senate, and then he promptly helped his former client become eligible for billions in cheap federal loans in the wake of the company’s hazmat train...
March 8, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety, Unions
(Source: Television station WFMJ, March 6, 2023) It’s been more than a month since the toxic train derailment that dominated headlines across the nation. On Monday, Norfolk Southern announced a new safety plan that might prevent disaster in the future. Some...
March 7, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: The Hill, March 6, 2023) Ohio Sens. J.D. Vance (R) and Sherrod Brown (D) unveiled a rail safety proposal last week that has already won over the White House and top Democrats. But winning support from Republicans is proving to be harder as some question if it...
March 7, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, UP
(Source: Television station KLKN, March 6, 2023) Legislative Bill 31 was presented by Sen. Mike Jacobson. It seeks to address safety concerns by requiring all crews to have a minimum of two people. One thing that routinely came up during testimony on the bill is PSR....
March 7, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, March 6, 2023) The railroad responsible for last month’s toxic train derailment in Ohio will roll out pledges Monday to make its trains safer, just days before its CEO is set to testify to Congress for the first time about its role in the disaster....
