Another Norfolk Southern train derailed as its CEO, Alan Shaw, testified to Congress on Thursday about the toxic train crash in Ohio last month.
The company said in a statement that some 30 cars on a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Alabama as it was heading from Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi. The cars that derailed were empty, and no injuries were reported, it said.
“Norfolk Southern is responding to a derailment in Piedmont, Alabama,” the train operator said in a statement to news outlets on Thursday. “There are no reports of injuries and no reports of a hazardous materials release. We are working in close coordination with local officials.”…