February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Daily Kos, February 13, 2023) Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have been told it’s safe to go back to their homes after a train derailment forced the controlled release and burn of toxic chemicals—but they’re not all so sure about that. Some complain about...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: KDKA, February 12, 2023) Norfolk Southern may be responsible for clean-up costs at the train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio. The Environmental Protection Agency sent the company a general notice of potential liability. It outlines EPA cleanup actions...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WFMJ, February 11, 2023) Norfolk Southern, the railway company at the center of the East Palestine derailment disaster, will alert some residents that their well water might not be safe. The ‘Potable Well Task Group’ is heading...
February 14, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Houston Public Media, February 13, 2023) A truck driver died and several freight train cars were derailed during a Monday morning collision northeast of Houston. The driver of the 18-wheeler died from injuries sustained in the crash. There were no injuries...
February 14, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, February 10, 2023) The fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in Ohio on Feb. 3 has prompted some rail unions to press the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to increase its oversight of the freight railroads’ safety operations. Since...
February 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, NTSB, PSR
(Source: The Lever, February 8, 2023) Before this weekend’s fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment prompted emergency evacuations in Ohio, the company helped kill a federal safety rule aimed at upgrading the rail industry’s Civil War-era braking systems, according to...
February 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR, TTD
(Source: Associated Press, February 9, 2023) The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke in the air and forcing residents of a small Ohio town to evacuate — has highlighted the potentially disastrous consequences of train...
February 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 9, 2023) All rail cars where a train derailment occurred Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, have been cleared from the site, Norfolk Southern Railway announced yesterday. Freight rail service has been restored to mainline 2, NS...
February 9, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WKBN, February 9, 2023) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A third class action lawsuit has been filed in regards to the East Palestine train derailment. Full story: www.wkbn.com
February 9, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Evacuated residents can safely return to the Ohio village where crews burned toxic chemicals after a train derailed five days ago near the Pennsylvania state line, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith...
