October 7, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB, Train Length
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 3, 2024) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of a March 2023 train derailment of a Norfolk Southern Railway train in Alabama was the combination of the coupling together of two...
September 26, 2024 | CSX, Fatigue, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, September 24, 2024) The probable cause of a fatal accident involving a conductor trainee in CSX’s yard in Cumberland, Md., last summer was the train’s movement through an unidentified and unmitigated close clearance location, the National...
August 6, 2024 | CPKC, Derailment, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, August 1, 2024) The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get off the tracks for...
July 24, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, Legislation, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, July 23, 2024) Major freight railroads are rushing railcar inspections, reinforcing known safety concerns raised by unions for years, but at a House hearing Tuesday they’ll present new evidence from federal inspectors that railcar checks are...
July 23, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board, July 22, 2024) On March 7, 2023, about 1:08 a.m. local time, a Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) conductor on NS train C75B106 was killed when the train collided with a dump truck as it entered a private highway-railroad...
July 22, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 21, 2024) After releasing its final report last week, the NTSB has issued more than 30 safety recommendations to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. These include improving the performance of defect detection...
July 16, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, June 25, 2024) The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency’s investigation into the East Palestine derailment and shape its conclusions about the...
June 29, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, News, NS, NTSB, Train Length
These Brothers represented BLET at the NTSB board meeting in East Palestine on June 25 (from left): Director of Political Affairs Brendan Sullivan; National VP & NLR Vince Verna; National VP and STF Chairman Randy Fannon, STF National Coordinator Brian Fransen,...
June 23, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, News, NTSB
On Tuesday, June 25, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a public meeting regarding the 2023 East Palestine train derailment and subsequent hazardous material release and fires. During the hearing, NTSB board members will vote on the findings,...
May 22, 2024 | News, NTSB
Chair Homendy at the BLET’s 2023 Eastern Regional Meeting. ____________________ On May 14, the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to confirm Jennifer Homendy to another five-year term with the National Transportation Safety Board, including another three-year term as...
