OMAHA, Neb. (AP) __ Norfolk Southern made improvements after one of its trains derailed, caught fire and spilled toxic chemicals near an Ohio town, but the company is nowhere near the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to be, …
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating bearings, but it`s not clear why the railroad didn`t make similar changes months …
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash, and the railroad wants to make sure that …
Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash, and the railroad wants to make sure that company and the owners …
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to immediately identify the hazardous chemicals the train was hauling due to a lack of communication from the railroad, officials said Thursday. During a public …
Norfolk Southern Corp. shareholders have accused the railroad of defrauding them by prioritizing profit over safety prior to last month’s derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. In a lawsuit filed March 16 in Columbus, Ohio, …
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday urged a federal investigation into safety practices of all seven major freight railroads, following the East Palestine, Ohio derailment of a Norfolk Southern Corp. train. In a letter, Schumer urged the National …
The state of Ohio sued Norfolk Southern NSC.N Tuesday over the Feb. 3 derailment of a freight train that released over a million gallons of hazardous materials and pollutants into the environment around the town of East Palestine. “This derailment …
Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month and several other accidents involving Norfolk Southern, including the The National Transportation Safety Board said on …
Norfolk Southern has promised to pay $7 million in relief to Pennsylvania communities affected by last month’s train derailment over the border in East Palestine, Ohio. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called the commitment “a starting point” and said he will …
