Norfolk Southern Train Derails as CEO Testifies to Congress

Another Norfolk Southern train derailed as its CEO, Alan Shaw, testified to Congress on March 9 about the toxic train crash in Ohio in February.
The company stated that some 30 empty cars on a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Alabama as it was heading from Atlanta to Mississippi.
“Norfolk Southern is responding to a derailment in Piedmont, Alabama,” the company said in a statement to news outlets on March 9. “There are no reports of injuries and no reports of a hazardous materials release. We are working in close coordination with local officials.”
A local official, Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade, also confirmed there were no injuries or property damage associated with the derailment. No hazardous material was on board this train, he told local outlets, unlike the train that derailed on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio….}