Tag: derailment
Safety Agency Faults Norfolk Southern for ‘Vent and Burn’ After 2023 Derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board said the decision to release and incinerate toxic chemicals in the wake of a train derailment in East Palesti [...]
Norfolk Southern to Pay $310 Million Settlement Over Ohio Train Derailment
The railroad company reached an agreement with the federal government to settle claims and costs from the 2023 derailment of a train carrying hazardou [...]
Norfolk Southern Settles Derailment Suit for $600 Million
The railroad company will pay residents and businesses in East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area after a derailment last year.
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Biden Set to Visit East Palestine, a Year After Fiery Train Derailment
The president will face a politically divided community anxious over the long-term health consequences of an environmental disaster.
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Biden to Visit the Site of Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
President Biden has been under pressure to make the trip since the toxic spill nearly a year ago, as residents express frustration with the federal re [...]
NTSB Holds East Palestine Train Derailment Hearings
The National Transportation Safety Board released thousands of pages of documents on Thursday about the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train [...]
Norfolk Southern handled train derailment ‘terribly’
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Norfolk Southern botched the response to its East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment in February, an accident [...]
Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern over toxic Ohio derailment
Drone footage shows the freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 6, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video rele [...]
Norfolk Southern to Provide Financial Support After Derailment, C.E.O. Says
WASHINGTON — The chief executive of Norfolk Southern told Congress on Wednesday that his company would create programs to provide long-term financial [...]
Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over East Palestine derailment
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 20, 2020.Julie Carr Smyth | APOhio sued rail company Norfolk Southern over the derai [...]
Norfolk Southern CEO Apologizes for East Palestine Train Derailment
In prepared remarks released before a Senate hearing, the railroad chief executive says he is “determined to make it right” for the people of East Pal [...]
Norfolk Southern adjusts train safety after third derailment
This photo taken with a drone shows the continuing cleanup of portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestin [...]
E.P.A. Orders Train Operator to Test for Dioxins in Ohio Derailment
The order on Thursday evening came as officials from Norfolk Southern were expected at a public meeting in East Palestine, giving the community a chan [...]
NTSB Report on Ohio Train Derailment Says Crew Tried to Slow Down
An overheating wheel bearing set off an audible alarm on the train before it derailed this month, according to a preliminary report from the National [...]
NTSB Ohio train derailment report points to overheated wheel
Workers continue to clean up remaining tank cars, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train [...]