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(Source: Reuters, May 12, 2023)

A Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed near New Castle, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night received an alarm several miles before the incident, according to preliminary findings released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB said preliminary information indicates the train received an alarm “from a wayside defect detector, or hot bearing detector, several miles before the train derailed.”

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