Senate Majority Leader asks for expanded safety investigation into NS, other railroads

March 17, 2023

(Source: The Hill, March 15, 2023)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to expand its investigation into Norfolk Southern to include other major railroads to determine ways to improve rail safety in the aftermath of the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month.