EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The rail operator at the center of a hazardous train derailment in Ohio announced Monday its plans to 'immediately enhance the safety of its operations.'
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The rail operator at the center of a hazardous train derailment in Ohio announced Monday its plans to"immediately enhance the safety of its operations."
Shaw is set to testify Thursday on the East Palestine derailment before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. So far, the NTSB's findings have indicated that an overheated wheel bearing likely caused the East Palestine derailment. It was unclear what caused the Springfield derailment, which the NTSB is also investigating.
Moreover, Norfolk Southern said it"will immediately accelerate the deployment of acoustic bearing detectors, which play a different role in its safety inspection program." The company noted that"these detectors analyze the acoustic signature of vibration inside the axle and can identify potential problems that a visual inspection could not.
On the night of Feb. 3, about 50 cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in a fiery crash on the outskirts of East Palestine, which is nestled near Ohio's state line with Pennsylvania. Eleven of the derailed cars were transporting hazardous materials, five of which contained vinyl chloride, a highly volatile colorless gas produced for commercial uses. Several cars were also carrying ethyl acrylate and isobutylene, which are considered to be very toxic and possibly carcinogenic.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency deployed a team to East Palestine on Feb. 18 to help support the ongoing operations there.
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Norfolk Southern balks at compensating homeowners as values expected to drop after Ohio derailmentTaken together, the value of all residential real estate in the town adds up to about $380 million, including single family homes and multi-family properties. Those values are only a fraction of the money that Norfolk Southern earns.
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Norfolk Southern balks at compensating homeowners as values expected to drop after Ohio derailmentTaken together, the value of all residential real estate in the town adds up to about $380 million, including single family homes and multi-family properties. Those values are only a fraction of the money that Norfolk Southern earns.
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Norfolk Southern balks at compensating homeowners as values expected to drop after Ohio derailmentTaken together, the value of all residential real estate in the town adds up to about $380 million, including single family homes and multi-family properties. Those values are only a fraction of the money that Norfolk Southern earns.
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