June 30, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Railway Age, June 28, 2022) NEW YORK — Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train 4 traveling eastbound from Los Angeles to Chicago on June 27 derailed after striking a dump truck that was obstructing a public grade crossing in Missouri. Four people died as a result of...
June 30, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSHB, June 29, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For more than two-and-a-half years, the Chariton County Commission has tried to get concerns about the safety of the Porche Prairie Avenue railroad crossing addressed, but BNSF and the Missouri...
June 29, 2022 | Accident, BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station KVII, June 28, 2022) PANHANDLE, Texas — A memorial was unveiled in Panhandle on Tuesday, six years after a deadly train collision. Placed at the crash site, the new memorial honors Lara Taylor, Kenneth “KP” Smith and Cody Owens. On June 28,...
June 29, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, June 28, 2022) MENDON, Mo. — A day after the deadly crash on Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said people were taken to 10 hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to serious. By Tuesday afternoon, at least 15 people remained...
June 29, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station KMBC, June 28, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation and BNSF Railway on Tuesday revealed conflicting stories regarding the process to bring safety improvements to a train crossing at the site of Monday’s...
June 29, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, PSR
(Source: Fulton Sun, June 29, 2022) One of Missouri’s busiest railroad lines is shut down after an Amtrak train struck a dump truck and derailed Monday afternoon, killing four people. The incident and subsequent investigation has potential to delay supply...
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...
