‘My children have been sick’: The toxic aftermath of a train derailment | Features
East Palestine, United States – The Norfolk Southern train line runs right through East Palestine, Ohio, stopping cars and pick-up trucks on their way into…
Evacuation order lifted for Chicago suburb hours after train derailment
June 27 (UPI) -- Local authorities informed residents of a Chicago suburb it is safe to return home after a derailed freight train prompted a…
NTSB criticizes venting, burning of chemicals after East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment
1 of 4 | A Norfolk Southern train passes through the center of the village of East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023. On Tuesday, NTSB members…
Norfolk Southern will pay modest $15 million fine as part of federal settlement over Ohio derailment
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessAuthor of the article:The Associated Press Josh FunkPublished May 23, 2024 • 3 minute read You can save this article by registering…
Norfolk Southern alone should pay for cleanup of Ohio train derailment, judge says
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessAuthor of the article:The Associated Press Josh FunkPublished Mar 07, 2024 • 2 minute read Article contentNorfolk Southern alone will be responsible…
President Joe Biden visits Ohio site of toxic train derailment
1 of 3 | President Joe Biden traveled Friday afternoon to Ohio to visit the site of last year’s massive train derailment in the small…
A year on, a small Ohio town is recovering from a fiery train derailment but health fears persist
“We’re going to move forward with our lives,” said Village Council member Linda May. It’s just harder for some residents to do that. Misti Allison…
Firefighters control grassfire sparked by coal train derailment in NSW
New South Wales firefighters have controlled a grass fire that was sparked from a coal train that derailed on Wednesday. Key points:An empty coal train derailed and…
Crews cite progress in containing chemical fire at Ky. derailment site
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency Wednesday after a trail derailment in central Rockcastle County. File Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI | License…
Ohio businessman sues railroad for $500 million in train derailment
Crews continue the cleanup along the railroad tracks in the village of East Palestine, Ohio on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. A Norfolk Southern train derailed…
Pakistan train derailment: at least 30 killed, dozens more injured
Pakistani security and rescue officials inspect the derailed carriages of a passenger train in Sanghar, near Nawabshah, Pakistan, on Sunday. At least 30 people are…
Russian freight train derails after being hit by explosive device, Bryansk governor says
An explosion in a Russian region bordering Ukraine has derailed a freight train on Monday, the local governor said in a social media post, adding…
Families weigh future after train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio − Atop a hill near the Pennsylvania border, where her family farmhouse sits, Sidney Smith stared up at a fiery orange sky.As…
Two trains collide with construction crane causing derailment near the Hague, leaving one dead, several injured
A train carrying some 50 passengers has derailed in Voorschoten, a Dutch town near the Hague, after colliding with a construction crane that was first struck…
Train derailment, ethanol spill in Minnesota forces evacuations
A train carrying ethanol derailed early Thursday in rural Minnesota, and several cars caught fire, forcing nearby residents to evacuate homes as a precaution.The derailment took place…
Fiery train derailment in Minnesota prompts evacuations of homes
A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities…
Norfolk Southern head sidesteps responsibility for preventing East Palestine derailment
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board urged U.S. lawmakers Wednesday to improve safety measures on freight trains – in light of Norfolk Southern's train derailment…
Senators hear from Norfolk Southern, NTSB on Ohio train derailment
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board urged U.S. lawmakers Wednesday to take up additional safety measures – such as broadening the definition of a high-hazard…
Railroad CEO ‘sorry’ about East Palestine, Ohio, derailment
WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern’s chief executive earnestly apologized before Congress on Thursday for last month’s fiery hazardous materials train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and pledged…
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro says Norfolk Southern will reimburse state more than $7M for train derailment
1/3 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday Norfolk Southern will pay more than $7 million in connection with the East Palestine train derailment that harmed…