Posted on 03/10/2023 2:37:21 AM PST by Libloather
Norfolk Southern - the railway company whose train derailed last month in East Palestine, Ohio, contaminating the surrounding area with toxic chemicals - announced Thursday night that it had determined that some of its railcars, of a specific make and model, had loose wheels.
During its cleanup of the derailment site, Norfolk Southern investigators discovered that a "specific model and series of railcars had loose wheels," the company said in a news release Thursday night, calling the discovery "an urgent safety issue."
The wheels came from "a series of recently acquired cars from a specific manufacturer," Norfolk Southern said.
Norfolk Southern did not identify the manufacturer, or say if or how many of the railcars specifically involved in the East Palestine crash were part of that model and series.
The Federal Railroad Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were "immediately notified and began inspecting other cars from this series on our network," Norfolk Southern said.
The company added that the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The announcement came on the same day that Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw appeared before a Senate panel to address the East Palestine crisis and several recent derailments of Norfolk Southern trains, including one that occurred earlier Thursday in Alabama. Shaw vowed the company "will clean the site thoroughly, and with urgency. We are making progress every day."
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Pranksters loosened the lug nuts...
Thank you for that informative post!
Well, Hunter Harrison set the stage..
Gotta cover those billions in stock buy-backs; who needs safety when there are executive stock options on the line?
Warren Buffett company makes train tank cars.
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