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By DC_Draino
NS paid execs millions & spent billions on stock buybacks while shedding thousands of employees despite warnings that understaffing = safety risksNS also fought off a shareholder initiative for execs to âassess, review, and mitigate risks of hazardous material transportation.â
Norfolk Southern had previously touted the new technology â known as Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes â for its âpotential to reduce train stopping distances by as much as 60 percent over conventional air brake systems.âThe brakes couldâve stopped the OH crash
But instead, costs were cut to boost profits at the expense of innocent people whose air and water are now poisoned
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