Norfolk Southern And East Palestine Announce $22M Settlement in 2023 Derailment January 31, 2025 By Josh Funk East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from the...
Report Urges Federal Agencies to Consider Impact of Long Trains on Railroad Safety September 23, 2024 Long freight trains require a combination of actions from major freight railroad companies to address heightened safety challenges and operational...
Few Households Opt Out of $600M Ohio Train Derailment Settlement September 12, 2024 By Josh Funk Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action...
Norfolk Southern to Pay Civil Penalty, Cleanup Costs Over 2023 Ohio Derailment May 24, 2024 By David Shepardson Norfolk Southern agreed to pay a $15 million civil penalty and $57.1 million in past government cleanup costs on Thursday,...
State Farm Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment Damages February 27, 2024 By Ezra Amacher State Farm Insurance brought forth a subrogation lawsuit last week against Norfolk Southern over damages to a pair of East...
CSX Train Derailment in Kentucky Was Avoidable, Lawsuit Claims December 15, 2023 By Clark Mindock A group of Kentucky residents on Wednesday sued CSX, saying the railroad operator could have prevented a train derailment that...
Lawsuit Alleges Negligence in Train Derailment and Chemical Fire that Forced Residents from Homes December 1, 2023 By Rebecca Reynolds LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court alleges negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment...
Failed Wheel Bearing Caused Ky. Train Derailment but Didn’t Trigger Alarms, CSX Says November 29, 2023 By Rebecca Reynolds and Josh Funk LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment that sparked a chemical fire...
Explosion, Inspections Raise Safety Questions About Union Pacific November 27, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific uses...
Cleanup, Air Monitoring Underway at Kentucky Train Derailment Site November 27, 2023 LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials and crews with rail operator CSX were working Friday to remove train cars and...