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November 25, 2025

Plan for $20M firefighter training center near the site of Ohio derailment is revived

  • A new center to help prepare firefighters to deal with a railroad disaster was quickly part of the plan after the 2023 incident.
    • By JOSH FUNK
    AP Transportation Writer

    Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine, Ohio.

    Building a training center to help prepare firefighters to deal with a railroad disaster was quickly part of the plan after the derailment on Feb. 3, 2023, that forced the evacuation of roughly half the small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and left residents with worries about the potential long-term health impacts.


     
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