Norfolk Southern CEO faces scrutiny over rail safety measures.
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, expressing support for parts of two bipartisan rail safety bills that include measures such as funding additional training, better advanced notifications, and accelerating the phase-out of older tank cars. However, Shaw did not fully endorse the Railway Safety Act, which includes provisions calling for two-person crews on all railroad locomotives. The legislation was introduced in the weeks following the Feb. 3 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, which released toxic chemicals into the surrounding area.