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[KevinKorell]

Capitol Limited departures from both ends for February 8th continue to be cancelled.  The reason is now "unforeseen track work".

[CNJRoss]

WTRF-TV, Wheeling, WV, 2/8/23

 

Ohio train derailment chemicals spilled into Ohio River

(WTRF) West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said on Wednesday that chemicals from a train derailment spilled into the Ohio River in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia after a train derailed Friday in East Palestine, Ohio.  

 

Gov. Justice said, “There were chemicals that went into the Ohio River, and immediately the people of Weirton acted and acted promptly and everything to basically shut down and transfer over to an alternate supply source for their water.”

 

 

 

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[CNJRoss]

2/8/23  8:00 PM EST
 

[NSAlert] Service Alert Update - Derailment at East Palestine, OH

 

On the morning of February 7, Norfolk Southern and its contractors were allowed to begin clearing the site where a derailment occurred on February 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. As of today, all cars have been cleared from the site. Service has been restored to mainline 2.

 

While this allows for a route through the site, customers should expect availability delays of at least 24 hours on shipments moving between Cleveland and the Northeast via Pittsburgh, PA due to residual congestion and continued efforts to restore service to mainline 1.

 

[CNJRoss]

Evacuation order lifted after train derailment

 

Associated Press

 

(9 Feb 2023) Evacuated residents can return to the Ohio village where crews burned toxic chemicals after a train derailed five days ago near the Pennsylvania state line now that monitors show no dangerous levels in the air, authorities said Wednesday.(Feb 8)

 

[CNJRoss]

Fox News, 2/8/23

 

NewsNation correspondent arrested while covering Ohio train derailment press conference

 

 

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine denounced the arrest of NewsNation's Evan Lambert

 

NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert was arrested Wednesday as he was covering a press conference following the recent disastrous train derailment that occurred in Ohio. 

 

Footage from NewsNation, shows Lambert, who was doing a live shot at a press conference with Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who was set to provide an update on the chaos that erupted in East Palestine, being forced on the ground and cuffed by two police officers. The officers escorted him outside and placed him in a patrol car. He was taken to Columbiana County Jail and released later Wednesday evening. 

 

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Following his release, Lambert told NewsNation's Ashleigh Banfield it's been a "long day" but that he's "ok." Lambert refrained from offering details as to what transpired as charges against him were not dropped.

 

 

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[lunarwhite]

Progressive Railroading reports that all derailed cars have been removed from the accident site and NS Main 2 has been reopened to freight traffic.

Amtrak's wb Capitol Limited No. 29 has left Washington on time on Thursday, 2/9 and is projected to remain on schedule to Chicago.

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[CNJRoss]

WKBN-TV, Youngstown, OH 2/11/23

 

East Palestine fire department forced to get new gear

 

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) — In the aftermath of the train derailment, East Palestine Fire Department has to throw away equipment.

 

They lost all of their air packs and their bunker gear, and their trucks have to go through a decontamination process.

 

 

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[CNJRoss]

Norfolk Southern news release

 

Update on Norfolk Southern Assistance to the East Palestine, OH Community

 

ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today provided an update on its assistance efforts to the community of East Palestine, Ohio. These include direct support for residents through Norfolk Southern's Family Assistance Center, equipment for first responders, and continued environmental testing and monitoring, which is being done in coordination with the Ohio and U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA), and other environmental agencies.

 

Family Assistance Center
To date, more than 700 families and a number of businesses have been helped. In total, more than $1 million has been distributed directly to families to cover costs related to the evacuation. Those include reimbursements and cash advancements for lodging, travel, food, clothes, and other related items. Norfolk Southern is in the process of contacting and meeting with affected local businesses to provide aid. To date, more than 30 businesses have been contacted.

Residents and businesses who have questions or need financial assistance should visit the Family Assistance Center at Abundant Life Church located 46469 State Route 46, New Waterford, Ohio, or call 1-800-230-7049.

 

Community Support
Norfolk Southern continues to meet with local, state, and federal leaders to assist first responders and the community. That assistance includes:

• Donated $220,000 to the East Palestine Fire Department to replace Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) air packs, which allow firefighters to breathe compressed air when responding to fires.
• Provided more than 100 air purifiers for residents to use in their homes. Air purifiers are also being purchased for the East Palestine municipal building in coordination with the City Manager.
• Coordinated and funded cleaning and air monitoring services for the East Palestine Elementary and High Schools.
• Developing a charitable fund to support the East Palestine community. This goes well beyond an initial contribution of $25,000 to the Ohio Red Cross to support the shelter established at East Palestine High School.

 

Environmental Monitoring
Norfolk Southern has been closely coordinating with the Columbiana County Health District, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio EPA, and the U.S. EPA, as well as its own experts and contractors to monitor and mitigate environmental issues and concerns. All results are shared with the above agencies and include:

• Completed more than 340 in-home air tests in conjunction with U.S. EPA, with more than 100 additional tests scheduled. In-home air monitoring has not shown any detections of substances related to the incident and does not indicate a health risk.
• Thousands of data points have been collected during outdoor air monitoring in the community and continues to indicate no risk to health from incident-related substances.
• Sampled the Village of East Palestine's drinking water supply wells, drinking water system, and private wells in areas potentially impacted by the incident. Sample results will be available in the next week.
• Established a Well Task Force to install monitoring points around the impacted waterways and incident site.
• Started excavating soil from the incident site and sampling the soil before safe disposal.
• Contacting residents on well water in the vicinity of the derailment to conduct water testing, which encompasses 38 wells. That testing will be done in conjunction with environmental and health agencies, and we will continue to work with them to identify other private drinking water wells for testing.

 

Residents who want air and water testing should contact the Residential Re-Entry Request Hotline at (330) 849-3919. If residents have further questions or concerns, they may call the CTEH Taggart Road Hotline at (234) 542-6474 to speak with a toxicologist.

 

 

[CNJRoss]

The Daily Caller, Washington, DC 2/13/23

 

‘We Basically Nuked A Town’: Three More Chemicals Discovered At Train Derailment Site

 

(Photo by DUSTIN FRANZ / AFP) (Photo by DUSTIN FRANZ/AFP via Getty Images)

 

A number of harmful chemicals were reportedly discovered in the vicinity of a train derailment that occurred in early February in East Palestine, Ohio.

 

The Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter to the rail company, stating that evidence of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethlyhexyl acrylate and isobutylene were within the cars that derailed, breached, and/or caught fire, according to a WKBN report published Sunday.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Independent, 2/13/23:

 

 

 

   Dead animals and reports of sickness as ecological disaster unfolds after Ohio toxic train derailment    

 

The ecological fallout from the derailment of a freight train carrying toxic materials in rural Ohio is still being determined ten days after the disaster.

 

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