Lawyers Want Ohio Residents to Wait for Details of $600M Derailment Settlement April 12, 2024 By Josh Funk The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want...
Freight Railroads Must Keep 2-Person Crews Under New Federal Rule April 4, 2024 By Josh Funk Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized...
Automated Braking Would Not Have Prevented Pennsylvania Train Crash March 28, 2024 By Josh Funk The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system...
Norfolk Southern Ordered to Solely Pay for Ohio Train Derailment Cleanup March 11, 2024 By Josh Funk Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio,...
NTSB to Release Cause of East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment in June Hearing February 12, 2024 By Josh Funk Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a...
Railroads Say They’re Making Safety Changes to Reduce Derailments After Ohio Crash February 6, 2024 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made...
Norfolk Southern Says Total Costs of East Palestine Derailment Up to $1.1B January 31, 2024 By Josh Funk Norfolk Southern’s fourth-quarter profit fell 33% because of the ever growing costs of the cleanup of last year’s fiery derailment...
Ohio Business Owner Sues Norfolk Southern for $500 Million December 4, 2023 By Josh Funk A business owner with companies near where a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire in February has sued the...
Shipping Container Explosion in Nebraska Railyard Raises Questions About Loading Procedures for Hazardous Materials November 28, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific uses...
Ohio Business Owner Sues Norfolk Southern for $500 Million November 16, 2023 By Josh Funk A business owner with companies near where a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire in February has sued the...