Joan Mateu Parra / AP Photo Regional Commuter Service Grinds to a Halt for Many as Copper Thieves Hit Major Score Officials said the incident around 4 a.m. local time caused a 'serious' impact to the local train service and affected all the rail lines. By The Associated Press May 12, 2024
KPTV / video screen shots Steel Bridge Gets Completely Shut Down After Freight Train Derailment, HazMat Team Summoned No hazardous materials were yet reported to have been involved in the crash, but that assessment remained ongoing. By George C. Upper III April 29, 2024
Gene J. Puskar - File / AP Norfolk Southern Announces Massive Settlement for Those Within a 20-Mile Radius of East Palestine Norfolk Southern denied it was culpable for the catastrophic derailment in a company news release announcing the settlement. By Johnathan Jones April 9, 2024
@KGETnews / X screen shot Man Arrested Near Site of Fatal Train Crash with Gruesome Item in His Hands Video showed the man seemingly unconcerned as bystanders took video of him waving the body part around and police officers chasing after him. By Warner Todd Huston March 23, 2024
@ABC / X screen shotCommentary Trucker Exits Cab to Investigate Strange Issue, Instantly Recognizes He Needs to Run A truck driver left his truck to investigate an issue after stopping on the train tracks, only to escape certain death seconds afterward. By Allison Anton February 14, 2024
@BasilSeggos / X screen shot Train Cars Carrying Plastic Plunge Into River After Derailment A 94-car-long train has derailed northeast of Albany, NY, and some of its contents is spilling into a river. By Jack Davis February 8, 2024
Gene J. Puskar - File / AP One Year After Devastating Derailment, Railroads Say They're Striving for Improved Safety But overall, rail safety hasn’t significantly improved, and just one derailment can be disastrous when hazardous chemicals are involved. By The Associated Press February 2, 2024
NewsNation / YouTube video screen shot Resident Shows Off Disturbing Secret of East Palestine Creeks Ahead of Biden Visit: 'They're Lying to You' "The president is always welcome to our town," the town's mayor said, but "that being said, I don’t know what he would do here now." By George C. Upper III February 2, 2024
Dustin Franz - AFP / Getty Images; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Trump Sees Right Through Biden's Ploy as East Palestine Visit Is Finally Announced a Year After Train Disaster Biden has finally found the time to visit East Palestine, Ohio, a year after the catastrophic train derailment there. By Laura Wellington January 31, 2024
Drew Angerer / Getty Images; Win McNamee / Getty ImagesCommentary Democrats Using Buttigieg to Hammer New Speaker Johnson Over His Christian Beliefs The Biden administration is trotting out the incompetent transportation secretary to play the victim and bash Johnson's Christian faith. By Michael Schwarz November 7, 2023