• State Farm suing Norfolk Southern for train derailment damages

    State Farm insurance company is suing Norfolk Southern on behalf of two residents who reported property damage from the train derailment in East Palestine on Feb. 3, 2023.

  • Norfolk Southern increases length of grain shuttle trains

    ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has increased the length of its grain shuttle trains to 105 cars from 85, a move that allows the railroad to handle 23% more grain in each train. “We’re unlocking capacity to handle more business for both our current and prospective customers,” Chief Marketing Officer Ed Elkins said in a statement. []Read More

  • Train derailment disrupts traffic in Norway

    Following a freight train derailment on the evening of 22 March 2024, the Norwegian infrastructure manager Bane NOR has initiated cleanup operations at Arna station, in Bergen, Norway. As a result, all train services between Bergen and Vaksdal are suspended until further notice. There were no reports of serious injuries from the incident. The locomotive…

  • MBTA Red Line train derails

    BOSTON — A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red Line train derailed this morning (Saturday, March 23) while changing tracks to accommodate a planned service shutdown, WCVB-TV reports. The incident occurred just before 6 a.m. near the Broadway station in South Boston and involved the first car of the trainset. Shuttle buses for a planned shutdown []Read More

  • Train derails near Socorro Monday night

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A BNSF freight train hauling corn derailed near Socorro around 10 p.m. Monday. BNSF crews are working to clean up the derailment site. Officials say there were no injuries and no danger to the public as hazardous material was not spilled. The cause of the derailment is currently under investigation. KRQE News 13 []

  • Maya Train experiences low-speed derailment

    TIXKOKOB, Mexico — Mexico’s Maya Train experienced its first known derailment today (Monday, March 26), a low-speed incident when the last car of a four-car trainset apparently split a switch entering the Tixkokob station on the route between Campeche and Cancún. The derailment occurred about 9:30 a.m. with the train moving at about 10 kilometers []Read More

  • Southern Ohio Braces for Fluctuating Weather Patterns This Week

    Residents of southern Ohio are advised to stay prepared for a rollercoaster of weather conditions throughout the upcoming week, as meteorologists predict a series of fluctuations in temperature and precipitation. Monday: The week kicks off with mild temperatures and partly cloudy skies across the region. Daytime highs are expected to reach the mid-50s Fahrenheit (approximately […]

  • Southern Ohio Braces for a Mixed Bag of Weather this Week

    Southern Ohio residents can expect the first week of spring to be of variable weather conditions, with a mix of snow showers, sunshine, and potentially some rain showers. Monday and Tuesday: The week kicks off with cooler temperatures and a chance of scattered snow showers throughout the day. Winds will be brisk, coming from the […]

  • Photography exhibit tells community’s story after train derailment

    Placed around the library are black and white photographs of people in the community following last year’s train derailment.

  • EPA approves plan to tackle oily sheen left over from train derailment

    Mark Durno of the U.S. EPA has made it clear what the end goal is for eliminating the patches of oily sheen on Sulfur and Leslie runs around East Palestine.

  • Fani Willis: ‘Train is coming’ for Trump despite efforts to derail Georgia case

    Fulton county district attorney says she doesn’t feel like ‘we have been slowed down’ by Trump’s efforts to disqualify herThe Georgia prosecutor overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in that state promised Saturday that “the train is coming” for him despite defense efforts to derail her office’s pursuit of charges against the former president and nearly two dozen co-defendants.Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis’s remarks came after a court challenge centering on a...

  • Norfolk Southern to name new chief operating officer amid proxy battle

    ATLANTA — Amid a proxy fight with an activist investor, Norfolk Southern on Wednesday will name Canadian Pacific Kansas City executive John Orr as its chief operating officer, Trains News Wire has learned. Orr brings a Precision Scheduled Railroading operations background — which is prized on Wall Street — to Norfolk Southern as the company []Read More