Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600 million for Ohio train derailment
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to last year's fiery train derailment that affected East Palestine, Ohio.
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to last year's fiery train derailment that affected East Palestine, Ohio.
The train derailment near the Lehigh River in Northampton County last month could not be stopped by an automated braking system, a preliminary report from the NTSB says.
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary findings on Tuesday after three Norfolk Southern trains crashed and derailed near Easton, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.
The east and westbound train tracks have been reopened following the Norfolk Southern train derailment and crash that spilled diesel fuel and plastic pellets along the Lehigh River near Bethlehem.
A derailment involving three Norfolk Southern trains near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania spilled some diesel fuel and plastic pellets along the Lehigh River on Saturday morning.
The preliminary report on the crash, which involved three trains, is expected in three weeks. The final report will take much longer.
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed along the Lehigh River on Saturday according to a local fire company and Northampton County authorities.
Images from a local fire company show a train derailed Saturday morning in Lower Saucon Township near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania says it has found no evidence that the toxic train derailment near the border contaminated the state's water or soil.
President Biden visited the Ohio village Friday to discuss how the administration is holding the rail operator accountable a year after the derailment.
A SEPTA train on the Market-Frankford Line partially derailed off its tracks at the York-Dauphin Station Monday night in Philadelphia's Kensington section, police said.
At least three train cars derailed around midnight, but it's unknown what, if anything, was inside the cars when they went off the tracks.
Officials say at least three CSX train cars derailed in South Philadelphia just before midnight on Wednesday, Dec. 6. No one was injured, but it's unknown if anything was inside the cars when they went off the tracks.
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Hazmat crews were called in, but police said there is no known hazard to the public.
Northern Southern, which owns the line, will take the lead on reopening the tracks after the derailment.
A 40-car freight train derailed near Stenton Avenue and Joshua Road in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, around 5 a.m. Monday.
Hazmat crews have been called in and homes in the 5000 block of Camburn Road are being evacuated after a train derailment early Monday morning.
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Several of the cars which collapsed into the river contained hot asphalt and molten sulfur, officials said.
Approximately 10 cars derailed and there is no threat to the public or hazardous material danger.
The driver of the truck was cited for "operating a vehicle without reasonable control" after he went off the side of the road, hit a ditch and pole, and overturned.
BNSF said in a statement that 22 cars derailed with four catching fire, but that no injuries were reported due to the accident.
The train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, was carrying vinyl chloride, the same chemical released in Paulsboro, N.J. in 2012.
Data from the Federal Railroad Administration shows that there an average of three derailments per day in the United States.
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A gallery owner and an artist with Kensington ties hope that art as an expression can be a force of positive change in their community.
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Nine life-sized sculptures made by world-renowned artist Seward Johnson are on loan to Philadelphia's Frankford Avenue in Mayfair until mid-September.
The fatal crash in Boothwyn shut down Route 322 from Chelsea Parkway to Creek Parkway for several hours on Wednesday afternoon.
"Intercity bus carriers" will be relocating from the Spring Garden Street area of the city as soon as Labor Day, Philadelphia transportation officials told a Northern Liberties neighborhood group.
Three construction workers died on I-83 in York County, Pennsylvania after a truck struck their vehicle in an active work zone, Pennsylvania State Police said.
One person died in a car accident in Pennsauken, Camden County, Tuesday afternoon, Pennsauken police said.
All lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Quakertown have reopened after a dump truck overturned Monday morning, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
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