do maintenance and who review the train for security. tell us what you heard tonight at this town hall? >> thank you for having me on. and i do want to start by our expressions of sympathy on behalf of the transport workers union, on to the residents of east palestine. and to quote mr. stewart from earlier, that is not just of the derailment, this is a disaster. our members in norfolk southern employees are the car inspectors. normally, we inspect the brake systems, safety apparatuses, make sure the hazardous cars are marked properly. and everything else. what a lot of the class ones have done over the years, back in 2017, was do a business model that's called -- scheduled railroading. the only thing that
trainee. and with a breaking system that start to the front to the back. it can take minutes before the backers know to stop if the front is already stopped. so, it's kind of hard, he's a relatively new ceo, he's been ever couple years, he's been working for norfolk southern since the 90s at all different positions. he was there in 2005 when one of their trains derailed in south carolina and killed nine people. and put almost the entire village into the hospital for a while. there are plenty of lessons to learn, it's just a matter of implementing them without regulators forcing you. to >> panel, stick around. i want to get to our guest, brian -- he is the international rail division representative for the transport workers union of america. brian, thanks so much for joining us tonight. we were just talking about how there is only three workers on this incredibly long train. you represent the workers who
train ran for another 21 miles. something's wrong here. >> hi brian, international rail division representative and transport workers union of america, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> we've got a lot more ahead, residents of east palestine telling those in charge what they have been experiencing. since this toxic train derailment. all that, ahead. >> the oil -- >> ma'am. -- >> is the oil going to cause the long term effects? everyone's talking about the chemicals, and while i do think that's important, it's the oil that's seeping into our ground that you chose not to dig up. and skin. uniquely made to prep, protect, and maintain. whether i'm smoother than smoothh or au naturale. this is skskin care for down there. sometimes you're so busy taking care of everyone else you don't do enough for yourself, or your mouth.