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Norfolk Southern's Safety TrainPhoto – Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern's Safety TrainPhoto – Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Railway's Safety Train educated 1,926 first responders on its 18-city tour during 2016, the Class I announced today.
The "rolling classroom" traveled to the 18 cities in 13 states across NS' network to provide free, hands-on training to firefighters, police officers, emergency management personnel, and other first responders on how to safely respond to a rail-related hazardous materials incident, according to an NS press release.
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Norfolk Southern's safety train provided free training to 1,926 first responders in 18 cities in 13 states across the Class 1's network during its 2016 tour.
The rolling classroom trained firefighters, police officers, emergency management personnel and other first responders with hands-on activities on how to safely respond to a rail-related hazardous materials incident.
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