March 15, 2024
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has reiterated his concerns about railroad safety and scolded the industry for not doing more to improve since last year’s fiery Ohio derailment. In a new letter to the freight railroads’ main trade group, Buttigieg acknowledged …
July 7, 2023
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 …
June 9, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Thousands of dollars raised by a charity that falsely claimed it would help residents affected by a train derailment on the Ohio- Pennsylvania border earlier this year will be turned over to a food bank serving …
April 12, 2023
When word surfaced that soils and liquids laced with chemicals from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment were being sent to southeastern Michigan for storage, local residents and politicians were livid. “People were seeing pictures of what happened in Ohio …
March 7, 2023
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 …
February 22, 2023
The U.S. government on Tuesday ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp. to clean up contaminated soil and water at the site of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and to attend all public meetings with local residents. The Environmental …
February 14, 2023
A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio. West Virginia American Water said Sunday that it’s also …