February 8, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Television station WFMJ, February 6, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Norfolk Southern has declared the controlled release of toxic chemicals into the air in East Palestine a success. Full story: www.wfmj.com
February 8, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2023) Days after crews released and burned toxic chemicals transported by a wrecked train in Ohio, residents remain concerned about the toxic substances that could be lingering in their evacuated neighborhoods. Residents in the...
February 8, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Television station WKBN, February 6, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The fire in East Palestine is still burning as community members figure out what the new week will bring. First responders are still waiting until it’s safe enough to head back to the scene...
February 6, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Salem News, February 6, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Two videos obtained by the National Transportation Safety Board showed preliminary indications of a possible mechanical issue with one of the rail car axles before a Norfolk Southern train derailed Friday...
February 6, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 6, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Officials monitoring the smoldering, tangled wreckage of a train derailment in northeastern Ohio urgently warned hundreds of nearby residents who had declined to evacuate to do so Sunday night, saying...
January 18, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Television station WIAT, January 17, 2023) BESSEMER, Ala. — New details have been released regarding a Norfolk Southern employee who died on December 13. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report regarding the incident where the...
September 30, 2022 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, September 29, 2022) The collision that killed two Union Pacific employees earlier this month in Southern California happened when the train slammed into 92 empty railcars that had been stored on a side track for nine months, NTSB...
September 21, 2022 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Television station KFOX14/CBS4, September 20, 2022) EL PASO, Texas — A preliminary report has been issued regarding the deadly train derailment in the Lower Valley in August. On August 29 around 9:14 p.m. the conductor of a Union Pacific Railroad train,...
September 19, 2022 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 16, 2022) The failure of the pilot and caption of a tow vessel to correctly identify a caution area on a river chart was the probable cause of a November 2021 collision between the towing vessel Baxter Southern and a BNSF coal train...
August 25, 2022 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 24, 2022) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a collision that occurred July 15 between an Amtrak train and a Union Pacific Railroad roadway maintenance machine in Oakland, California. Full story:...
