I think you are right. I just heard on the radio, so no link, that the railroad has cut their funding for maintenance over the last several years. If that is true things likely will not go well for them.Looks like we are now in the litigation phase of the recovery... I suspect it will go on for a long time.
Norfolk Southern balks at compensating homeowners in East Palestine
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/homes/norfolk-southern-east-palestine-home-values/index.html