August 10, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, August 9, 2023) CSX is telling its conductor trainees to return to their home terminals for additional training following the recent deaths of two trainees, including one that occurred Monday at a rail yard in Cumberland, Maryland. Full story:...
August 9, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, August 8, 2023) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has halted work on a project on state-owned tracks used by the Housatonic Railroad following a fatal accident last week, pending a safety review of the contractor hired for the track...
August 8, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, August 4, 2023) A contract worker hit by a piece of track equipment on the Housatonic Railroad has died. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident. Full story: Trains.com
August 1, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, July 31, 2023) “Poor track conditions” of a track owned by BNSF may have contributed to a fatal September 2021 accident involving an Amtrak train derailment in Joplin, Montana, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Full story:...
July 28, 2023 | Fatality, News, NS
A memorial plaque honoring the late Lou Shuster, former president of BLET Division 607, was dedicated in a ceremony on July 26 at Norfolk Southern’s Rockport Yard in Cleveland, Ohio. Brother Lou, 46, was killed in an accident while working as a conductor for NS at a...
July 28, 2023 | Amtrak, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Montana Free Press, July 27, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday that “poor track conditions” led to an Amtrak derailment near Joplin in September 2021, killing three and injuring scores more. Full story: Montana Free...
July 20, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 19, 2023) A CSX Transportation conductor trainee was killed when he fell from a railcar during a shoving move and was hit by the train, according National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on a fatal accident June 26 at...
July 19, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 16, 2023) A contract worker was killed Saturday morning in an accident at the CSX Transportation intermodal facility at Bedford Park, the Chicago Tribune reports. Full story: Trains Magazine
July 7, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 7, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a safety bulletin after a CSX Transportation conductor trainee was killed during a shove movement in Baltimore. Full story: Trains Magazine
July 3, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 27, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation after a CSX Transportation employee was killed after being struck by a train Monday evening at the Seagirt Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore. Full...
