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Hidden Report Reveals How Workers Got Sick While Cleaning Up Ohio Derailment Site
Workers reported headaches and nausea while shooting compressed air into the creek bed.
August 14, 2024
Norfolk Southern locomotives are moved through the Conway Terminal in Conway, Pa., June 17, 2023.
Supply Chain
Norfolk Southern Results Complicated by Derailment Insurance Payments, Proxy Fight and Productivity
The Atlanta-based railroad said it earned $737 million last quarter, but there were several unusual factors influencing the results.
July 26, 2024
Debris from a Norfolk Southern freight train lies scattered and burning along the tracks on Feb. 4, 2023, the day after it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
Safety
NTSB Begins Hearing on Causes of Last Year's Fiery Ohio Freight Train Wreck in East Palestine
The NTSB will discuss the ongoing investigation and issue recommendations for averting future disasters.
June 25, 2024
Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the night before burn in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2023.
Supply Chain
Norfolk Southern Said Ahead of NTSB Hearing That Railroads Will Examine Vent, Burn Decisions
First responders were wrong to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside.
June 24, 2024
Norfolk Southern locomotives are moved in Norfolk Southern's Conway Terminal, June 17, 2023, in Conway, Pa.
Safety
Railroads Must Provide Details of Hazardous Cargo Immediately After Derailment Under New Rule
The aim is to ensure first responders can find out what chemicals are on a train.
June 24, 2024
Scott Smith, whose testing in East Palestine, Ohio, has been sited in a petition by the Government; Accountability Project, tests onions grown in the garden of Tamara Lynn Freeze in East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
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Toxic Garlic Should Have Prompted EPA Warnings Near Ohio Derailment
Independent testing has shown high levels of chemicals in locally grown garlic.
June 14, 2024
A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Sept. 14, 2022.
Supply Chain
Freight Railroads Ask Courts to Throw Out New Two-Person Crew Rule
Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out the new rule.
April 11, 2024
A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
Safety
EPA Didn't Declare Public Health Emergency After Fiery Ohio Derailment
It doesn't qualify because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven't been documented.
April 3, 2024
A CSX train engine sits idle on tracks in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022.
Supply Chain
Freight Railroads Must Keep 2-Person Crews
According to a new federal rule.
April 2, 2024
People listen during a National Transportation Safety Board investigative hearing at East Palestine High School, discussing the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment and subsequent hazardous material release and fires in East Palestine, Ohio, Thursday, June 22, 2023.
Operations
Norfolk Southern to End Relocation Aid
The payments will stop right after the one-year anniversary of the fiery Ohio derailment.
December 7, 2023
A Union Pacific train engine sits in a rail yard on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Commerce, Calif.
Supply Chain
Rail Union Says Union Pacific Layoffs Jeopardize Safety
Union Pacific is delaying nearly 1,200 planned projects and laying off more than 1,000 workers.
December 4, 2023
In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023.
Operations
Manufacturer Sues Norfolk Southern for Derailment that Closed His Businesses
He sued the railroad for $500 million.
November 16, 2023
Cleanup continues, Feb. 24, 2023, at the site of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that happened on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio.
Supply Chain
Derailment Costs Grow for Norfolk Southern
But the railroad's service is improving,
October 25, 2023
An American flag is emblazoned on this Union Pacific Railroad locomotive sitting in the Jackson, Miss., terminal rail yard, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
Supply Chain
Union Pacific Railroad's Profit Fell 19%
Volume slowed and costs remained high.
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