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Railroad industry news about: Norfolk Southern Railway, mobile app, Safety UP, safety procedures, policies, railroaders. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

The technology scans for problems to prevent derailments. The company installed its first portal near East Palestine, Ohio

NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RapidSOS, the intelligent safety platform that securely links life-saving data from connected devices, apps and sensors directly to first responders, and...

/PRNewswire/ -- RapidSOS, the intelligent safety platform that securely links life-saving data from connected devices, apps and sensors directly to first...

During a two-day field hearing held at East Palestine High School to investigate the events that led up and unfolded after last year’s Norfolk Southern train derailment, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabrick told the National Transportation Safety Board that “I don’t think you can ever be prepared for something like this.” While Drabrick couldn’t […]

Safety improvements are coming to local railroads as Norfolk Southern launches a pilot program in three cities, including Roanoke.

LEETONIA — During Alan Shaw’s first sit down interview with local media in March following the Feb. 3 train derailment, the Norfolk Southern CEO said the ra

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — To help quickly spot safety defects on moving trains, Norfolk Southern said Thursday it has installed the first of more than a dozen of a new generation of automated inspection portals on its tracks in Ohio — not far from where one of its trains careened off the tracks in February […]

LEETONIA — During Alan Shaw’s first sit-down interview with local media in March following the Feb. 3 train derailment, the Norfolk Southern CEO said the ra

By Josh Funk To help quickly spot safety defects on moving trains, Norfolk Southern said Thursday it has installed the first of more than a dozen of a new