US-TRANSPORT-ACCIDENT-CONGRESS-HEARING Norfolk Southern Corporation President and CEO, Alan Shaw, testifies before a US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing on the environmental a
nd public health threats from the Norfolk Southern February 3 train derailment, on March 9, 2023, in Washington, DC. - The National Transportation Safety Board announced a special investigation on March 7 into the safety record of Norfolk Southern Railway, a month after the accident in East Palestine, Ohio.
“We are committed to the legislative intent to make rail safer,” Shaw said. When asked if there were provisions he did support, Shaw cited tighter standards on tanker cars, more funding for first responders and an increase in the number of railside detectors that monitor trains. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, introduced the Railway Safety Act last week with co-sponsors from both parties.would establish new safety measures for railroads, including setting nationwide requirements for devices"designed to automatically detect wheel bearing and other mechanical issues," as well as require railroads to create disaster plans and inform emergency response commissions of any hazardous materials going through their states.
Early in the hearing, Vance called on his Republican colleagues to side with the people of East Palestine over the rail company. Prior to Shaw’s testimony, Brown said he was seeking a promise to support the bill.
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