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Railroads work to make sure firefighters can quickly look up what is on a train after a derailment

The railroad industry is trying to make sure that emergency responders can quickly look up what is on a train quickly when they respond to a derailment

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Norfolk Southern announces details of plan to pay for lost home values because of Ohio derailment

Norfolk Southern announced new details Monday about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the fiery derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town in February

The Independent UK

Norfolk Southern CEO promises to keep improving safety on the railroad based on consultant's report

Norfolk Southern's CEO pledged to continue working to improve safety after the consultant the railroad hired after the fiery Ohio derailment in February recommended making sure that safety is truly a priority at all levels and continuing many of the efforts it has already begun

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Railroads resist joining safety hotline because they want to be able to discipline workers

The major freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers who use a government hotline to report safety concerns has kept them from following through on the promise they made back in March to join the program after a fiery Ohio derailment prompted…

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Rail union wants new rules to improve conductor training in the wake of 2 trainee deaths

The nation's largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths in Maryland

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Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation

Lawyers and unions representing rail workers say there is a clear pattern across the industry of railroads retaliating against workers who report safety violations or injuries on the job

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EPA weighs formal review of vinyl chloride, toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment

The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic smoke following the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

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Norfolk Southern content with minimum safety too often, regulators say after fiery Ohio derailment

Regulators say Norfolk Southern has made improvements since a fiery Ohio derailment but still falls well short of being the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to be

The Independent UK

‘It feels like an apocalyptic movie’: life in East Palestine six months after toxic train crash

Federal and state officials say the air, water and soil is safe – but locals in Ohio town are still suffering damaging symptoms

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After the East Palestine train derailment, are railroads any safer?

Change is coming to the rail industry in the U.S. — but whether it's for the better or worse depends on who you ask.

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Six months after East Palestine derailment, Congress deadlocked on new rules for train safety

Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters

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BNSF train engineers offered paid sick time and better schedules in new deal

Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may get up to eight days of paid sick time and more predictable schedules if they approve a deal with the railroad announced Tuesday

The Independent UK

Norfolk Southern changes policy on overheated bearings, months after Ohio derailment

A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating bearings

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Norfolk Southern says cost of fiery Ohio train derailment has doubled to more than $800 million

The costs associated with Norfolk Southern's fiery February derailment in Ohio have more than doubled to $803 million as the railroad works to clean up the mess and moves forward with all the related lawsuits

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Norfolk Southern says cost of fiery Ohio derailment doubles to $803 million as cleanup continues

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East Palestine church hosts chemical exposure study in wake of train disaster

As East Palestine residents continue to experience wide-ranging symptoms in the wake of the February derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals, a research team from the University of Kentucky is launching the first study assessing biological samples for chemical exposure in East Palestine

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Freight train carrying hazardous materials derails in Pennsylvania, sparking evacuations

Railroad industry has faced controversy this year over safety concerns

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Rail union says Virginia derailment renews questions about Norfolk Southern's safety practices

The union that represents locomotive engineers says a coal train derailment in Virginia is renewing questions about Norfolk Southern's safety practices

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Norfolk Southern says other companies should share blame in fiery Ohio derailment

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

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Making Sense Of The Votes In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

The decision this term that has the largest potential for a legal "jolt" was Mallory.

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Safety concerns dominate Norfolk Southern railroad CEO's job since Ohio derailment

Norfolk Southern’s CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a year ago, but it’s safety that has dominated discussions after one of his trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio

The Independent UK

States clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments and federal gridlock

Spurred on by train derailments, some states crisscrossed by busy freight railroads aren’t waiting for federal action to improve safety

The Independent UK

NTSB hearing focuses on equipment that failed before fiery Ohio derailment

Equipment that failed before a freight train hauling toxic chemicals derailed in eastern Ohio is the latest focus of a federal hearing in the small town closest to the accident

The Independent UK

Decisions made after fiery Ohio train derailment will be examined at NTSB hearing

Some of the key decisions made in the aftermath of the fiery Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment in eastern Ohio will be examined at a hearing Thursday

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