May 26, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 24, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold an investigative hearing open to the public in East Palestine, Ohio, on June 22-23. During the hearing, the NTSB...
May 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Reuters, May 12, 2023) A Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed near New Castle, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night received an alarm several miles before the incident, according to preliminary findings released Friday by the National Transportation...
May 12, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Reuters, May 11, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday it is investigating the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train near New Castle, Pennsylvania, the latest incident involving the railroad. Full story:...
May 11, 2023 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 10, 2023) On April 16, 2023, about 6:44 p.m. local time, southbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) train GSHFCC 15 collided with train UP RDACO 14 in Chico Yard in Chico, Texas.[1] GSHFCC 15, a loaded...
April 24, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 21, 2023) The use of a piece of maintenance-of-way equipment to move steel grating panels, with an attachment not designed for that purpose, was the probable cause of a September 2021 fatality involving a contract worker on the Union...
April 20, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, April 19, 2023) BNSF is conducting further testing on a piece of fractured rail involved in the March 30 derailment of one of its trains in Raymond, Minnesota. The derailment, which occurred approximately 106 miles northwest of Minneapolis,...
April 5, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Freight Waves, April 3, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration is going ahead with a proposed rule that would ensure that the train crews involved in transporting hazardous materials have access to protective equipment should they need to respond to an...
April 5, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 3, 2023) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy commended a newly proposed rule that would provide emergency escape breathing equipment for crew members on freight trains carrying hazardous materials....
March 23, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 21, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board examined and tested pressure relief devices removed from the five vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) tank cars...
March 23, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 21, 2023) A Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers for two of its locomotives and a company inspection did not identify their absence, federal investigators said...
