March 21, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Penn-Live, March 20, 2023) Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw’s appearance before a state Senate committee on Monday focused heavily on the decision to purposely burn the leaking chemicals, which sent a plume of ash and smoke into Pennsylvania. One...
March 21, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WTAE, March 20, 2023) Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw on Monday appeared before Pennsylvania’s state Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee. Full story: www.wtae.com
March 17, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 16, 2023) Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound. There were no injuries reported. Full story: The...
March 17, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Bloomberg Law, March 16, 2023) Rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp. and its top executives are facing a securities class action in the wake of last month’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, alleging the company misled investors by ignoring the safety...
March 17, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: NBC News, March 16, 2023) A review of safety data by NBC News showed that from 2018 to 2022, Norfolk Southern averaged 0.88 accidents per million miles, which is slightly above the average of the country’s six other Class-I freight railroads over the same...
March 17, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Salem News, March 16, 2023) One week after testifying in front of the United States Senate committee on environment and public works, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw sat down with local media during a roundtable held at East Palestine’s Centenary United...
March 16, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: The Hill, March 15, 2023) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to expand its investigation into Norfolk Southern to include other major railroads to determine ways to improve rail safety in...
March 16, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, NS, Railroad Safety, UP
(Source: More Perfect Union, March 14, 2023) Facing a push in Congress for stronger rail safety rules after the disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, railroad giant Union Pacific is steering its donations to Republican lawmakers — some with oversight...
March 15, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: The Hill, March 14, 2023) A conservative advocacy group called “FreedomWorks” is pushing lawmakers to oppose a bipartisan rail safety bill that was introduced following the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. The group claims the bill would create “gross...
March 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, March 14, 2023) The state of Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the February 3 toxic chemical derailment in East Palestine, Attorney General Dave Yost announced on March 14. Yost said that the derailment “caused the release of...
