April 11, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Associated Press, April 10, 2023) Three empty tank cars derailed but remained upright in a Southeast Texas rail yard on Monday, the train’s owner said, and no one was hurt. A locomotive leaked fuel but it was contained, a Kansas City Southern spokesperson...
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, FRA, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, April 7, 2023) The six derailments shared a number of characteristics: Each involved trains that consisted of 125 or more rail cars and utilized DPUs. The six incidents also involved trains that exceeded 4,000 trailing tons. Full story: Freight...
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, April 7, 2023) “Think about going thru undulating territory sort of like a Slinky. You’re either trying to keep it stretched out or you’re trying to keep it all bunched together to control the forces from going in and out because that’s what...
April 10, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 7, 2023) All the positive freight railroad safety statistics in the world — like more than 99.9% of hazardous materials shipments arriving without incident — can’t overcome that image of a towering column of black smoke rising from East...
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS News, April 9, 2023) Pittsburgh police said a Norfolk Southern train derailed by the Brunot Island Trail Saturday morning. It marked the railroad’s fourth derailment and the fifth incident in a little more than two months, which included the...
April 10, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Sioux City Journal, April 8, 2023) The cause of a train derailment, which snarled traffic on Sioux City’s north side Thursday evening, remained under investigation Friday. A southbound Union Pacific train derailed near the intersection of 28th Street...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR
(Source: The Real News Network, March 31, 2023) I am a carman who has worked at Norfolk Southern for nearly 20 years. During that time, I’ve had a front-row seat to the complete and utter degradation of this industry. Full story: The Real News...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Transportation for America, April 5, 2023) Between all seven Class I freight railroad companies, the U.S. saw over 1,000 derailments in 2022. Norfolk Southern (the company responsible for the derailment in East Palestine) had 119 by itself. Other railways had...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, March 31, 2023) Seven US government investigators briefly fell ill in early March while studying the possible health impacts of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to CNN on...
April 6, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Chronicle-Telegram, April 6, 2023) U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, and JD Vance, R-OH, and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, sent a letter to Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw on Wednesday demanding the railroad company take responsibility and pay immediately...
