Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg commemorated the one-year anniversary since a train derailed in Ohio, and pushed for the passage of the Railway Safety Act. “It’s been one year since the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio,” Buttigieg wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “The people of that community — and…
A bill that aims to limit the length of trains and increase the fine for blocking railway crossings is getting another look this year in the General Assembly after similar legislation failed last year. Del. Shelly Simonds, D-Newport News, who reintroduced the bill, said the railways have played an important role in American history and many of the rules they are governed by predate modern .