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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year's fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven't yet made a major difference, statistics
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year's fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The changes railroads announced after last year's fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven't yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress.
The major freight railroads all promised safety improvements after the fiery derailment in eastern Ohio a year ago, but they have yet to make meaningful safety improvements and reform efforts have stalled in Congress
The changes railroads announced after last year's fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. Meanwhile there were some improvements with other numbers, like total derailments. The overall picture is that rail safety hasn’t significantly improved in recent years — and as the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine last Feb. 3 and others demonstrate, just one derailment can be disastrous when hazardous chemicals are involved.