Many residents of East Palestine, Ohio, expressed outrage online over the weekend about the appeal because it will delay the payments they had been counting on to help them recover from the toxic train crash that disrupted their lives when it spewed hazardous chemicals into their community.

Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern's disastrous 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years now because an appeal of a federal judge's decision last week to approve the $600 million deal has been filed,

Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio could be delayed up to two years now because an appeal of a federal judge’s decision last week to approve the $600 million deal has been filed,

The appeal could delay payment to residents and businesses for two years, attorneys who negotiated the agreement said.

A Salem pastor, who lives in East Palestine, said he never wanted to appeal the $600 million Norfolk Southern deal. The appeal is delaying payments.