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The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report with information on what caused the Norfolk Southern train derailment in New Castle.

WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday released its preliminary report on a Norfolk Southern train derailment that occurred in New Castle, Pa. on May 10, 2023. [1]

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A Norfolk Southern spokesperson says the three railcars had been taken to the Conway Yard ahead of being sent for scrap.

Over $7.3 million in damages will be paid to western Pennsylvania residents impacted by the derailment and first responders who assisted the incident.

On February 3rd 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying thousands of gallons of toxic and hazardous material derailed.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan will return to East Palestine on Tuesday for the third time since the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment.

"Without a doubt," said Art Martynuska, Cambria County Emergency Management Agency coordinator. "I don't know the exact route, but if it was on the main line some of that stuff would have come right through Johnstown."<br/>

An investigation remains underway after 50 wagons of a NS train carrying vinyl chloride and other freight derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.