Railroad safety concerns became widespread last year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed, spilling hazardous chemicals and catching fire in East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pa. border.
FILE - This image taken with a drone shows the cleanup of portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023.
The Federal Railroad Administration’s Chief Safety Officer Karl Alexy said the agency was already tracking inspection times closely across the industry before the new announcement from Norfolk Southern, and the agency will be watching how the railroad implements it. The concerns about rushed railcar inspections are part of rail labor’s broader concerns about whether the lean Precision Scheduled Railroading model railroads are using is more dangerous.
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