Long before the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment exposed East Palestine to hazardous chemicals, earlier generations urged stricter railroad oversight to prevent a major disaster like the one with which their community now reckons.
Long before the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment
But the longstanding inaction helps showcase railroads' record of valuing profit over proactive safety measures, she tells Axiosa cost-benefit analysis that continues putting rural communities like East Palestine in harm's way.An Axios review of hundreds of old newspaper clippings across the state and into Pennsylvania identified at least nine freight derailments in East Palestine between 1946 and 1976.
Penn Central initially agreed to finance a new bridge, but declared bankruptcy soon after and never paid. Crew members rushed to get the train going again and left town 40 minutes later, apparently not noticing damage to the rail line.
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