The freight rail industry has outlined what steps it will take next to boost rail safety, including installing approximately 1,000 new wayside detectors and improving communications with first responders.
These actions come as the rail industry responds to recent safety advisories from the National Transportation Safety Board calling for it to bolster rail safety even as it awaits the agency’s findings on the factors that caused the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio.
“[The actions are] an initial set of steps it is taking in its drive toward a future with zero incidents and zero injuries — one where what happened in East Palestine never happens again,” the Association of American Railroads (AAR) said in a news release Wednesday. “The industry believes that the Feb. 3 derailment and its aftermath require railroads and freight shippers alike to lead with actions that restore trust, and that will make a difference in the march toward zero.”
AAR is a trade group that counts the Class I railroads as among its members.
The rail industry expects to address the following issues, per the AAR release:
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