May 17, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, May 16, 2024) A communication breakdown over granting permission for a train movement into the yard, as well as regarding placement of a portable derail device, was the probable cause of the August 2022 fatality of a Union Pacific conductor at a...
May 3, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, May 3, 2024) A Union Pacific track maintenance manager was killed when he was struck by an excavator operated by a contract worker, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on a fatal April 11 incident near...
February 29, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, February 28, 2024) BLET Division 423 member Chris Wilson suffered fatal injuries when his Norfolk Southern locomotive was struck by a group of 35 railcars rolling on an adjacent track, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary...
February 20, 2024 | Fatality, FRA, News, Railroad Safety
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Safety Bulletin warning about the dangers of rolling equipment following a tragic accident that took the life of BLET Division 423 member Chris Wilson at a rail yard in Decatur, Alabama, on February 7. The...
February 15, 2024 | Fatality, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, February 14, 2024) The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a Safety Bulletin warning rail workers about the dangers of rolling equipment following the death of Norfolk Southern locomotive engineer and BLET Division 423 member Chris...
February 15, 2024 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 14, 2024) An investigation is underway after a CSX worker was killed on the job Tuesday in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. on CSX’s Northend Subdivision, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police...
February 15, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, February 12, 2024) NTSB investigators have begun conducting observations and interviews regarding the fatality of a Ohio Central Railroad signal maintainer. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released...
February 8, 2024 | Fatality, Memorials, News, NS
A visitation and funeral for fallen Brother Christopher M. Wilson will be held on February 9 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. A member of BLET Division 423, Brother Wilson was killed in a Norfolk Southern rail yard accident on January 31. The National Transportation Safety...
February 5, 2024 | Derailment, Fatality, FRA, Legislation, News, NS, Railroad Safety
On January 25, 2024, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced a final rule requiring railroads to provide emergency escape breathing apparatuses to train crew members who work on hazardous materials trains. The FRA press release announcing the final rule...
February 2, 2024 | Fatality, News, NS, Obituary
It is with heavy hearts that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) reports that on Wednesday, January 31, locomotive engineer Chris M. Wilson, 55, was killed at the Norfolk Southern yard in Decatur, Alabama. Wilson, a BLET member, was a 30-year...
