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fully assess the situation and make the necessary repairs immediately In the wake of the devastating train derailment in East Palestine Ohio earlier this year along with growing concerns from local residents...new rail safety protocols hold railroads accountable for malfeasance and increase transparency of trains carrying hazardous materials In a letter sent last March Schumer demanded that the companies outline...In 2013 he called for local emergency response officials to be notified in advance...

After East Palestine Train Derailment Schumer Says We Need Legislation To Prevent An Accident Like That From Happening In Western New York A Hub For Freight Rail Activity Norfolk Southern Has Already Had...Reform Standing along the Norfolk Southern line in Attica NY which has already had a destructive train derailment in 2018 U S Senate Majority Leader Charles E Schumer said key new legislation the bipartisan...malfeasance and increase transparency of trains carrying hazardous materials which is...

Earlier This Month A Freight Train Going Through Rockland Collided with A Semi Stuck on CSX Tracks Which Is No Stranger to Flammable Crude Toxic Materials Renewing Concerns After East Palestine Disaster...Crossings in Haverstraw And Across the Hudson Valley Back on Track On the heels of Rockland s latest train tractor trailer crash that horrified Haverstraw and following both the recent East Palestine crisis...quickly address the other problematic crossings across Rockland and the Hudson Valley...

After Recent East Palestine Train Derailment And Following Yet Another Derailment Saturday Schumer Says Railroads Must Provide Answers NOW On What They Are Doing To Prevent An Accident Like That From Happening...prevent an accident like what happened in East Palestine Ohio from occurring in New York The horrific train derailment in East Palestine Ohio Schumer said focuses a spotlight on the need for serious reforms...rail safety who led the charge to get rid of the dangerous crude oil carrying...

After Recent East Palestine Train Derailment And Following Yet Another Derailment Saturday Schumer Says Railroads Must Provide Answers NOW On What They Are Doing To Prevent An Accident Like That From Happening...Activity Schumer Has A Track Record For Making Local Rail Safer He Curtailed Dangerous Crude Oil Carrying DOT 111 Train Cars That Frequented Syracuse Pushed For Tougher Regs That Rail Companies Undermined...Syracuse and Upstate communities safe amid growing concern from national rail...

After Recent East Palestine Train Derailment And Following Yet Another Derailment Saturday Schumer Says Railroads Must Provide Answers NOW On What They Are Doing To Prevent An Accident Like That From Happening...at the Elmira Fire Department next to the Norfolk Southern line near where the company once had a train derail which it failed to report to local authorities U S Senate Majority Leader Charles E Schumer...and add new safety protocols to keep hubs for freight rail like Upstate New York...

strong enough to support the mile long freight trains it carries daily Has the margin of safety been lost And are the repeated vibrations and shocks of daily train traffic continuing to weaken the bridge and...a CSX freight train derailed in the City of Newburgh while transporting hazardous chemical materials including sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide Schumer explained that CSX freight trains carry a variety...variety of different products including petroleum and liquid chemicals meaning if a...

The Fast Act Of 2015 Included A Provision Requiring All Freight Carriers To Equip Trains Carrying Crude Oil With Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes This September Federal DOT Repealed The Critical...Leave The Brake Provision In Place Said Installing Most Effective Brake Systems Possible On Dangerous Trains Is Critical To Public Safety Standing in Newburgh NY U S Senator Charles E Schumer today called on...Transport FAST Act of 2015 that requires freight carriers to equip high hazard...

The Fast Act Of 2015 Included A Provision Requiring All Freight Carriers To Equip Trains Carrying Crude Oil With Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes This September Federal DOT Repealed The Critical...Leave The Brake Provision In Place Said Installing Most Effective Brake Systems Possible On Dangerous Trains Is Critical To Public Safety Standing in Fonda NY beside the CSX main freight line U S Senator Charles...Transport FAST Act of 2015 that requires freight carriers to equip high hazard...

Order Requiring Railway Companies To Notify State Governments Of Shipments Of Highly Explosive Crude Oil Senator Calls Rule A Major Step In The Right Direction But Says Information Is Not Systematically...Freight Carriers To Expand Their Notification System To Include Additional Hazardous Materials Beyond Crude Oil Highly Flammables Schumer To Canadian Pacific Railway CSX Freight Carriers 2017 Was A Clear Warning...carriers to improve info sharing with county emergency management authorities and...