![]() The railroad said the car was based on the Gulf Coast near New Orleans, which experiences hurricanes and flooding.īut GATX leases its railcars to companies that use them to ship their products, so it may not have even had control over the car at the time. ![]() The manufacturer says railcars need to be moved at least one car length ever six months to keep the grease on the bearings from degrading, which can happen over long periods of time or during extreme weather. The problem Norfolk Southern identified with the plastic pellet car is that it sat idle for more than a year and a half in 20 and again for more than six months in 20. Norfolk Southern, like most railroads, doesn't actually own most of the cars it hauls, and it said the car owner and shippers are responsible for maintaining them even though railroad workers inspect and repair them along the way if they find defects. The railroad said everyone involved in shipping hazardous chemicals bears some responsibility under federal regulations in making sure they get to their destination safely. The derailment forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and sent a towering plume of black smoke over the town of East Palestine ![]() Its final report detailing everything that contributed won’t be done until at least next year. The National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report that the likely cause of the crash was a bearing on that car overheated. As part of that, Norfolk Southern said GATX didn't follow the car manufacturer's recommendations for taking care of the plastic pellet car that has been blamed for the derailment. The railroad filed a complaint Friday against all the car owners and shippers connected to the hazardous chemicals that spilled in the Feb. (AP) - Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash, and the railroad wants to make sure that company and the owners of the other cars involved help pay for the costs. The railroad filed a complaint Friday, June 30, against all the car owners and shippers responsible for the hazardous chemicals that spilled in the derailment. ![]() Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash, and the railroad wants to make sure that company and the owners of the other cars involved pay their fair share of the costs. Facebook Twitter Email FILE - In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. ![]()
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