The National Transportation Safety Board on March 7 said it would be conducting what it’s calling a “special investigation of Norfolk Southern Railway’s organization and safety culture.” “Given the number and significance
FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2023 ISSUE: We interrupt this special report on the National Transportation Safety Board’s ongoing investigation into Norfolk Southern’s Feb. 3, 2023 derailment at East Palestine, Ohio,
All seven North American Class I railroads have agreed to join the Federal Railroad Administration’s voluntary Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS), Association of American Railroads President and CEO Ian Jefferies said
Just when you thought things were getting really interesting in the railroad industry, along comes another hedge fund trying to grab hold of a Class I, turn it upside down and shake
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of precision seals, bearings and custom-molded polymer components for chemical transportation, recently introduced new products and services, including a new
Norfolk Southern on Feb. 22, the day before the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on the Feb. 3 East Palestine, Ohio, derailment, announced that it will, in a two-week period,
More than two weeks after the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that is currently under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued “immediate
Fifty cars of Norfolk Southern merchandise train 32N, hauling vinyl chloride and a variety of other freight, derailed in East Palestine, Ohio late on Feb. 3, causing a massive fire that forced
Wabtec Corp. marked delivery of its 500th Evolution Series Locomotive to Indian Railways (IR) at the company’s plant in Marhowra, Bihar; joined a European rail freight development project; and issued its 2022 Sustainability Report.
Metrolinx has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract for track, signal and right-of-way maintenance services for the agency’s GO Transit regional/commutert rail infrastructure system in Toronto’s West Region.