The derailment blew open five cars, spilling vinyl chloride. NTSB investigators found that Norfolk Southern withheld evidence from chemicals producer Oxy Vinyls that the tank cars were cooling.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern and its contractors botched the decision to blow open five vinyl chloride tank cars after last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio ...

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw pledged to “make things right” in East Palestine with more than $100 million in aid to residents and the community.

Norfolk Southern’s accident rate jumped 80.8 percent between 2013 and 2022, to 3.658 accidents per million miles traveled, from 2.023. Norfolk is one of seven “Class 1" railroads.

After Norfolk Southern train derailment, tank cars didn't need to be blown open to release chemical, NTSB says The comments were the clearest yet that the vent-and-burn action wasn't needed.

Norfolk Southern’s decision to vent and burn five tank cars of vinyl chloride following the 2023 train derailment is the center of the most recent lawsuit filed against the railroad by residents who ...

A Norfolk Southern train derailed Tuesday night in Attica, with approximately 19 cars coming off the tracks at U.S. 224. Attica is about 80 miles southwest of Cleveland. 3News' Candice Hare ...

Norfolk Southern lost a similar lawsuit last year when it tried to force GATX and OxyVinyls, which made the vinyl chloride, to help pay for the environmental cleanup after the derailment that has ...