The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday the controlled chemical explosion following the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment more than a year ago was unnecessary.
Ancora Holdings Group LLC has nominated eight candidates to stand for election to the Norfolk Southern Board of Directors at the company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, saying the company “has suffered for years due to its Board’s poor decisions with regard to the Company’s leadership, safety priorities and strategy.”
Norfolk Southern Railroad has notified the Georgia Department of Transportation of scheduled crossing maintenance in February at two locations in Turner County.
Norfolk Southern Corp. and two unions will partner with the Federal Railroad Administration on a one-year pilot program that officials say will enhance railroad safety.
Norfolk Southern Corp. and unions, in partnership with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced Monday their joint participation in an FRA Confidential Close Call Reporting System pilot program designed to enhance railroad safety.
Norfolk Southern Corp. plans to replace the railroad crossing on Bellville Road/South Main Street in Lake Park in December, which will close a portion of the road and require traffic to detour.
The Georgia Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railroad are planning a four-day road closure on State Route 307 near Robert B. Miller Road in Chatham County.
U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance, both from Ohio, want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to decide if the hazardous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio nearly eight months ago qualifies as a public health emergency.
Pennsylvania U.S. Sens Bob Casey and John Fetterman on Friday sent a letter to the CEO of Norfolk Southern urging the company to participate in an early warning system that the railroad announced it would join earlier this year.
Five months after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine asked President Joe Biden for a Major Presidential Disaster Declaration.