East Palestine resident express frustration over derailment
Months after a train carrying chemicals derailed in their town, many residents say that enough still hasn't been done to help them.
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Months after a train carrying chemicals derailed in their town, many residents say that enough still hasn't been done to help them.
Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash.
Norfolk Southern's CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a year ago, but it's safety that has dominated discussions after one of his trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio.
Testing of several crops showed no contamination.
A union official says freight railcar inspections are happening less often and are not as thorough as before due to regulatory loopholes, time constraints and staff cuts.
One Monday in early March, a team of 15 health specialists affiliated with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began knocking on doors along Taggart Street in East Palestine, Ohio.
The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report for a Norfolk Southern train derailment in New Castle last month focused on hot bearing detectors and how there seemed to be no audible alarm before the train derailed.
KDKA Political/Money Editor Jon Delano talks with Congressman Chris Deluzio to mark the 100th day since the hazardous train derailment in East Palestine. They discuss what's being done to prevent similar events from happening in the future.
Approximately 10 cars derailed and there is no threat to the public or hazardous material danger.
A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a rail-safety bill introduced after the derailment of a freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, but its fate remains uncertain due to significant Republican opposition.
People living on a property in Beaver County are finding themselves stranded multiple times a week.
Norfolk Southern said it expects February's fiery Ohio derailment to cost it $387 million, but that total will likely increase over time and that doesn't reflect how much the railroad's insurance companies will eventually cover.
Norfolk Southern attributes nearly $400 million in profit losses to the East Palestine train derailment.
Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, say they're still living in limbo almost three months after a fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment blackened the skies and sent residents fleeing.
The district claims that the company was negligent and exposed it buildings and residents to a highly toxic mix of dangerous chemicals in the East Palestine train derailment.
The southern track has had the contaminated soil removed.
The trains derailed near Burnot Island by West Carson and Telford streets.
A second Beaver County school district has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern.
The initial payments will go toward fire companies in three counties that responded to the derailment.
The attorney who filed the lawsuit spoke with KDKA Thursday and he believes this is the first lawsuit filed by a school district against Norfolk Southern.
The CEO of Norfolk Southern will face another day of questioning by lawmakers on Capitol Hill following the hazardous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio; KDKA's Jessica Guay reports.
Norfolk Southern's CEO is offering support for some parts of a bipartisan U.S. Senate bill to put tougher safety regulations on railroads.
Railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service after Norfolk Southern found loose wheels on a car in last weekend's derailment in Ohio.
U.S. railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service Thursday after Norfolk Southern discovered loose wheels on a car involved in last weekend's derailment in Ohio.
Gov. Josh Shapiro was in Philadelphia on Thursday to attend President Biden's budget address. But in an interview seen only on KDKA-TV, Shapiro took a moment to talk with political editor Jon Delano about several topics, including an apology by Norfolk Southern's CEO.
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