NTSB sending investigators to site of the Springfield, Ohio train derailment. Norfolk Southern is is changing some of its policies.
, Ohio, put the company under intense scrutiny over contamination that seeped into the small town.
The four tank cars with residue had previously been carrying diesel exhaust fluid and an additive commonly used in wastewater treatment, but were empty when they derailed, according to Norfolk Southern General Manager of Operations Kraig Barner. After the derailment, authorities at a Sunday news conference sought to assure the local community in Clark County that their air, water and soil are safe.
The assurances come as crews more than 200 miles away in East Palestine, Ohio, are still working to clear contaminated soil and liquid from the toxic wreck of another Norfolk Southern train that derailed on February 3., including headaches and coughing after the fiery crash. The train was hauling the dangerous chemical vinyl chloride -- which was released and burned to prevent a potentially deadly explosion -- and other chemicals that are feared to have leaked into the surrounding ecosystem.
They are going to mandate that all trains they operate that are longer than 10,000 feet be operated with distributed power.
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