A couple years ago, I was out in the middle of a snow storm, getting as many photographs as I could. On my way home, I spotted the Norfolk Southern 1198 train just sitting on the tracks. The engines were idling, and when they turned on the lights, I knew they were getting ready to move on.

Prints and more are here - https://beautifulsunphotography.com/featured/norfolk-southern-1198-during-a-snowtorm-deb-beausoleil.html?product=art-print

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Thank you to the buyer in Heflin, Alabama who purchased a small pink kid's t-shirt featuring the Norfolk Southern 1198! I hope you enjoy your purchase!

Check out the full size image here-
https://beautifulsunphotography.com/featured/norfolk-southern-1198-deb-beausoleil.html

#NorfolkSouthern #trains #winterphotography #blackandwhitephotography #ArtForSale #art #BuyIntoArt #HomeStaging #GiftIdeas #ArtMatters #FineArt #decor #WallArtPrints #ArtGallery #PhotoOfTheDay #prints #BeautifulSunPhotography #creativetoots

#NorfolkSouthern Spent $1.9M in Washington as #Congress Weakened #Rail Safety Bill
In 6mo since #EastPalestine #derailment, #railway has activated its #lobbyists and spread money around Congress. As Norfolk went on spending spree, #Bipartisan #RailwaySafetyAct stalled in #Senate, due to a lack of sufficient #GOP support. Norfolk Southern spent $797,500 on lobbyists before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee made its changes to the rail safety bill
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/18/norfolk-southern-rail-safety-lobby-congress/
#lobbying

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwgoVInsAC2/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

#NorfolkSouthern #cincinnati

Don't sell public assets you reactionaries!

How Norfolk Southern Is Addressing Blocked Train Crossings in Hammond, Indiana
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The railroad company has delivered on early, short-term fixes for the trains blocking kids from getting to school, but some officials are skeptical it will follow through on bigger, permanent changes.

#Railroad #Safety #Kids #School #Indiana #NorfolkSouthern

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-norfolk-southern-is-addressing-blocked-train-crossings-hammond-indiana?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

"One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt.

The Albright family left town after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near their Ohio home. Now, they are back, facing personal, medical and financial crises in a newly divided community."

The toxic disaster that was the train derailment in East Palestine continues to exact a toll on those who lived nearby.

#EastPalestine #NorfolkSouthern @sts

Open link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/health/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=kmqrw9yX1wEzDg_rKumz94hZjHH_wwR-7Vmx2KqhvNXyPB-5AL3kAX-DFYcF-U5a3eFzkLHgC9HikLZapT1pcQAUm2r_KcaNgvdYJMf2Eeo3EN5FHNdf3LoSmCay3oqp1OtF0DU7RobyDkcXikwGQbGuQvWm7iZA2Bxlv_oOc6BV9ANNnWpm5Z82uSnurf6IAxFXozTcvJpxrroyTRV2oHXPRtZFUvqYYUWe0MbzsrVQ7RJdbaYOL-qy60lxG7Em4NcVIonI-p7KIYh4wjnJViMsMGSAXYGgXBDx_OuP_S5g3a93gYq0J_K-3J9ONgnobHrP_riofpGPCzS12uk8dt_8l1eklnSJ2StrGHO-xGtmKL51&smid=url-share

Sidetracked: Norfolk Southern Cuts Big Checks as Rail Safety Bill Idles

https://presspass.thebulwark.com/p/sidetracked-norfolk-southern-cuts?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Today’s newsletter takes a look at a corporate cash dump from the Norfolk Southern Corporation to key members of Congress in June, right around the time it started to become apparent that bipartisan railway safety legislation was at risk of failing.

#corruption #betrayal #trust #safety #voters #norfolksouthern #railsafety #bribery #danger #corruption

Without action, #EastPalestine will happen again

https://therealnews.com/without-action-east-palestine-will-happen-again
The devastating #trainwreck disaster caused by #NorfolkSouthern has been all but forgotten five months later—but it’s not too late to build a safer, greener, more humane #railsystem to prevent another catastrophe.

Boo hoo... Profits are down! Make them clean up their mess before they go bankrupt!

#NorfolkSouthern Lifts Ohio #Derailment Cost to Over $800 Million

Story by Esther Fung, July 27, 2023

"Norfolk Southern raised its estimate on costs associated with the #EastPalestine, Ohio, train derailment to $803 million, a move that sent its profit sharply lower in the second quarter.

"The updated cost forecast Thursday was more than double the estimate that the Atlanta-based railroad operator provided earlier this year.

"Executives said that the bulk of the costs are from the #environmental clean-up, and added that there may be additional legal costs, fines and penalties in the coming quarters. These are difficult to estimate, they said."

Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/norfolk-southern-lifts-ohio-derailment-cost-to-over-800-million/ar-AA1erbZX?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=236f7a64104246acbb1a6b5f4829a24d&ei=7

#ToxicWaste #Safety #TrainSafety #Polluters #Pollution #ChemicalIndustries #Ohio

Norfolk Southern Wants to Buy Nation’s Only Municipally-Owned Railroad
https://www.commondreams.org/news/norfolk-southern-cincinnati
“The citizens of Cincinnati would be wise to hold onto their railroad infrastructure…”
#Cincinnati #NorfolkSouthern #Ohio #rail #transportation

'Really Big': US Supreme Court Ruling Against Norfolk Southern Seen as Rebuke to Corporate Impunity

>Big business lawyers are “going to be furious with this decision.”

“This is big—and, in my view, good—because it allows states to exercise personal jurisdiction over corporations that do business within the state but are incorporated elsewhere, often in a jurisdiction that they deem more favorable to their interests,” Stern continued.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=254233 #SCOTUS #NorfolkSouthern

'Really Big': US #SupremeCourt Ruling Against #NorfolkSouthern Seen as Rebuke to #Corporate Impunity
https://www.commondreams.org/news/scotus-mallory-vs-norfolk-southern

This should come as no shock to people in #Ohio. #JDVance corrupts immediately for #railroad #Lobbying

https://jacobin.com/2023/06/j-d-vance-rail-safety-act-amendment/

And Aftab Pureval is trying to convince #Cincinnati to sell one of the few remaining public railroads to #NorfolkSouthern.

#NorfolkSouthern Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over #Ohio #TrainDerailment

https://flip.it/c7TSBR

#cincinnati #NorfolkSouthern

https://www.citybeat.com/news/opinion-sale-of-cincinnati-southern-railway-to-norfolk-southern-is-a-faustian-bargain-15210876

"In Hammond, the hulking trains of Norfolk Southern regularly force parents, kids and caretakers into an exhausting gamble: How much should they risk to get to school?"

@ProPublica and #InvestigateTV report on the problem of stopped #NorfolkSouthern trains in #Hammond, #Indiana: https://www.propublica.org/article/trains-crossing-blocked-kids-norfolk-southern

#Longreads #Reporting #Indiana #Trains #Transportation #Kids #Safety

If you want to know more details about the risks from the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, this podcast episode gives lots of information about what happened, what was done wrong, what the risks are, and what is being done wrong in the aftermath.

#TrainDerailment #EastPalestine #Ohio #dioxin #NorfolkSouthern #toxicity @sts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/32-the-dangers-of-dioxins-the-ohio-train-derailment/id1498232141?i=1000607873210

Blocked Railroad Crossings Crisis Draws Local and National Calls for Action
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After seeing images of kids crawling under trains, regulators ask companies to address blocked crossings, lawmakers demand consequences, residents clamor for solutions and Norfolk Southern’s CEO calls a mayor to work out a fix.

#Railroad #Safety #Kids #School #Indiana #NorfolkSouthern

https://www.propublica.org/article/trains-blocked-crossings-kids-lawmakers-response?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

The train companies like #norfolksouthern know this is happening and children are climbing over parked trains to get to school and they don't do anything about it. These companies are owned by people like #warrenbuffet who are extracting profits at record levels and don't want to pay any of their social costs so do nothing about it. The government, knows this is happening #petebuttigieg and don't do anything about it.

Things are not working.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trains-crossing-blocked-kids-norfolk-southern

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