Norfolk Southern Details Plan for East Palestine Residents
Norfolk Southern announced new details about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town in February.
Norfolk Southern CEO Promises to Keep Improving Safety
Norfolk Southern’s CEO pledged to continue working to improve safety after a consultant recommended making sure that safety is truly a priority at all levels.
Explosion at Union Pacific Railyard Prompts Evacuations
An explosion inside a container at a Union Pacific railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska on Sept. 14 because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals caught fire.
Union Pacific’s New CEO Won’t Rule Out Cuts
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s new CEO, Jim Vena, says he won’t shy away from cuts, but no one should expect the kind of sweeping changes he made when he first oversaw operations a few years ago.
Federal Railroad Inspectors Find Defects at Union Pacific
OMAHA, Neb. — Federal inspectors said they found an alarming number of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using at its railyard in western Nebraska this summer.
STB Rule May Help Boost Competition for Railroad Shipments
OMAHA, Neb. — Companies that have plants served by only one railroad may soon be able to get a bid from another railroad if their service is bad enough under a new rule that was proposed Sept. 7.
Railroads Resist Joining Safety Hotline
OMAHA, Neb. — The freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers who use a safety hotline has kept them from joining the program.
FRA Finds Norfolk Southern ‘Should Be Doing More’ on Safety
OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern made recent improvements but is nowhere near the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to be, according to federal regulators.
BNSF Train Engineers Offered Paid Sick Time
OMAHA, Neb. — Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may soon get up to eight days of paid sick time and more certainty about their days off if they approve a new deal with the railroad.
Norfolk Southern Says Derailment Cost Soars to $803 Million
OMAHA, Neb. — 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.