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While the failure of a rail car wheel bearing caused the derailment of a Norfolk Southern Corporation train in East Palestine, Ohio, on 3 February 2023, subsequent actions that followed over the next few days made the situation worse, according to findings from investigators from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Area residents, NTSB board members and investigators, and others gathered on 25 June 2024 at East Palestine High School to discuss the agency’s investigation of the 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern Corporation train and subsequent venting and burning of rail cars containing vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). As a result of the derailment and venting, residents were forced to evacuate their homes; some say they will never live in East Palestine again.
“We are here to ensure that the lessons learned from this derailment will lead to meaningful change so no other community has to relive the challenges faced by the people of East Palestine,” NTSB board member Michael Graham told the audience who gathered in person and virtually to hear the findings.
At the meeting, NTSB announced “that the probable cause of the derailment involving Norfolk Southern Railway train 32N was the failure of the L1 bearing on the 23rd railcar in the consist that overheated and caused the axle to separate, derailing the train and leading to a post-derailment fire that likely began with the release of a Class 3 flammable liquid from a DOT-111 tank car that was punctured during the derailment.”
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