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Norfolk Southern Railroad

On February 6, 2005—a month after the Graniteville wreck—the three-man crew accused of failing to switch the railroad track back to the main line before disaster hit were fired by Norfolk Southern Railways. A railroad spokesman stated that the workers were terminated because they failed to perform their duties properly. Union officials said the three men will appeal, and each man had at least twenty-five years experience. The accident on January 6, 2005, killed nine people and injured hundreds more. [Pg.2]

According to Mary Schiavo, another member of Motley Rice and a former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Railroads are entrusted with vast access and right-of-way in our communities and our nation, but they hold such rights only insofar as they comply with the regulations governing safe operations of both rail and hazardous materials transport. Norfolk Southern and others failed to comply with these laws, regulations, and standards, and failed to put in place known and recommended practices which absolutely would have prevented this deadly crash. ... [Pg.18]

Collision of Norfolk Southern Freight Train 192 With Standing Norfolk Southern Local Train P22 With Subsequent Hazardous Materials Release at Graniteville, South Carolina January 6, 2005, Railroad Accident Report NTSB/RAR-05/04. Washington, D.C. National Transportation Safety Board. [Pg.477]

National Transportation Safety Board, Collision of Norfolk Southern Freight Train 192 with Standing Norfolk Southern Local Train P22 With Subsequent Hazardous Materials Release at Graniteville, South Carolina, January 6, 2005, Railroad Accident Report, NTSB/RAR-05/04, 2005 VROM Inspectorate, 2005 Annual Report, The Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Plaiming and the Environment, 2006 Wadsworth, T., Evaluation of the Response by Specialized Foreign Vessels to the Release of Oil From Prestige. ITOPF Ltd., 2005... [Pg.10]

Norfolk Southern has been ordered to pay a former employee 122,199 in compensatory and punitive damages as well as reasonable attorneys fees. The railroad also has been ordered to expunge the disciplinary record of the individual and post a notice in all of its areas where... [Pg.16]

Since 1994 the number of large railroads west of the Mississippi River has dwindled from five to two. In the East, the assets of Conrail are to be purchased and divided up between the two other major eastern railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation. Albeit that the nature of the division of Conrail should increase the amount of competition in many markets in the northeastern United States. The two transcontinental Canadian railroads, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National, already own United States subsidiaries that provide them with access into Chicago. Canadian National is poised to purchase the Illinois Central, leaving the... [Pg.102]


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