June 15, 2022 | BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A BNSF Railway conductor was working in an area “with insufficient walking space available … to perform trackside duties” when he was struck and killed during a switching move, the National Transportation...
June 10, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, June 9, 2022) TEMPE, Ariz. — A broken rail was the probable cause of a fiery freight train derailment and subsequent bridge collapse in Arizona nearly two years ago, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its investigative report...
April 29, 2022 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board investigation, April 28, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On February 7, 2019, about 7:00 a.m. local time, a Norfolk Southern Corporation railroad conductor was fatally injured while performing switching operations at the...
April 27, 2022 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, April 25, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board has closed recommendations to reduce rail worker fatalities, one of 10 issues on the NTSB’s Most Wanted List of Safety Improvements...
March 31, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB, Remote Control
NTSB publishes preliminary report on February fatality of BNSF worker in Denver (Source: National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report, March 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors...
March 30, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station 9 News, March 29, 2022) DENVER, Colo. — A BNSF Railway (BNSF) worker who died early last month at the company’s Globeville Yard in Denver fell from the front of a locomotive while switching railroad freight cars, according to a...
March 14, 2022 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The failure of an operator to stop a tie tamping machine — with the operator admitting he was in a panicked state because the machine did not appear to stop when he expected — led to the death of a track...
February 11, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 10, 2022) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday released a preliminary report on a Dec. 9, 2021, collision between a CSX freight train and a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) trolley car...
January 25, 2022 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 24, 2022) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) used the fifth anniversary of a deadly railroad worker accident to advocate for recommendations that would address worker safety. Full story: Progressive...
December 13, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, December 1, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued Wednesday a Safety Alert calling on rail transit agencies and commuter railroads across the nation to assess its fleets...
