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WASHINGTON, DC – On January 12, 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued new safety recommendations regarding the restriction of railroad train speeds in the light of five train accidents which occurred over about a 4-month period in 2011, two of which involved fatalities.

Fatal train crash where two BNSF railroad workers were killed on April 17, 2011 about 5 miles west of Red Oak, IA. Photo credit: Kyle Wilson / Creston News Advertiser

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Norfolk Southern Railway has been ordered by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to pay a former employee who was terminated after he reported an on-the-job injury in 2009.

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LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga – A westbound Norfolk Southern train with three locomotives and 41 rail cars of mixed freight traveling through Georgia to Birmingham, struck and killed a 35-year-old Powder Springs man lying on the tracks.

The incident occurred on Friday, July 8, at around 5:30 a.m. on the Norfolk Southern rail line near the Harper Road crossing, between U.S. Highway 78 and Ben Hill Road in Lithia Springs. ... Read More

A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, July 1, by two former Norfolk Southern railroad workers, claims that Norfolk Southern officials tried to coerce them into lying about an incident and then fired them.

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NEW CASTLE, DE -  An accident occurred on Monday afternoon, June 27, when a Norfolk Southern Railroad, originally mistaken for an Amtrak train, plowed into a tractor trailer in New Castle, Del. Monday afternoon, authorities say.

NBC Philadelphia were told by Delaware Fire dispatchers that the train was an Amtrak, but Amtrak confirmed that it was not one of their trains. Police corrected the report stating that it was Norfolk Southern. ... Read More

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TN -  A man from the Tiprell community of Claiborne County who was distraught over the loss of his friend, opened fire on two employees of Norfolk Southern Railroad when their train was stopped on the tracks.

Mark Anthony Bruce charged with aggravated assault for shooting at two NS railroad workers.

The incident occurred on Thursday, June 2, when Claiborne 911 received reports of a shooting in the Tiprell community, according to Sheriff David Ray. Officers of the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office along with Detective Bob Morelock arrived shortly after and immediately launched an investigation. ... Read More

LATROBE, PA -  Norfolk Southern railroad workers arrived Thurday morning, March 3, to begin clearing debris after a large section of a retaining wall that supports railroad tracks at the intersection of Jefferson and Railroad streets in Latrobe collapsed. Latrobe ia approximately 50 miles from Pittsburgh.

Norfolk Southern workers arrive to cleanup debris from a collapsed retaining wall along the railroad bridge over Jefferson Street on March 3 in Latrobe. PHOTO : Eric Schmadel | Tribune-Review

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that the retaining wall, built in 1901, collapsed late Wednesday night, but it wasn’t reported until Thursday morning, City Manager Rick Stadler said. No one was injured, and no property was damaged. Officials shut down the roadway and blocked off a wide area around the remaining wall. ... Read More

SUFFOLK, VA – A Norfolk Southern raiload accident that occurred Tuesday, February 22, is under investigation by the police and Norfolk Southern.

A passenger vehicle was damaged Tuesday, February 22, after it was struck by a Norfolk Southern train at the East Washington Street crossing near Pinner Street.

The Police and Norfolk Southern officials are investigating the accident that involved a train and a car at the crossing on East Washington Street near Pinner Street last Tuesday at around 1:30 p.m. ... Read More

ROANOKE, VA – Three railroad workers were taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital with injuries on Sunday, February 20, after sulfur spilled from a Norfolk Southern train near 24th Street and Shaffers Crossing.

Emergency crews respond to molten sulfur spill from a Norfolk Southern train in Roanoke, VA. Photo credit: Stephanie Klein-Davis / The Roanoke Times

The molten sulfur spill from the Norfolk Southern train caused Roanoke emergency crews to close portions of 24th Street Northwest near the Family Dollar store for about four hours Sunday, Fire Chief David Hoback said. ... Read More

Arcadia, OH – A Norfolk Southern train hauling tanker cars loaded with ethanol derailed in Arcadia, OH on Sunday, February 6, 2011 and triggered a massive explosion and fireball.

Fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment in Arcadia, OH causes tanker cars loaded with ethanol to bleve and explode.

Arcadia is a village located in Hancock County, Ohio in the northeastern part of the state about 47 miles south of Toledo. ... Read More