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Conductor and engineer sue Norfolk Southern over 2021 derailment

BALDWIN (KDKA) - Two Norfolk Southern Employees are suing the company following December's derailment on East Carson Street in Baldwin. 

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According to a report from The Trib, the conductor and locomotive engineer have filed a federal lawsuit. 

The train hit debris on the tracks that came from a rock slide. 

Two locomotives and five railcars derailed and both men were hurt. 

The lawsuit blames Norfolk Southern for negligence and carelessness due to a lack of a slide fence in the area, which could've prevented the rocks from getting onto the tracks. 

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