VIDEO: Active railways are littered throughout south-central Pennsylvania, making the likelihood of an accident almost inevitable.
To stay proactive, Norfolk Southern Railway is traveling the east coast to educate first responders on proper response strategies using its own safety train.
“We take them out of the classroom and put them on the train itself,” said Connor Spielmaker, the communications manager with Norfolk Southern Railway. The three-day training event is part of the company’s Awareness and Response program. Several response teams from across the Commonwealth met at Norfolk Southern Railway where they began the event with an hour-long safety lesson.
First responders were later given hands-on training on the commercial locomotive designed to carry hazardous material.