March 9, 2021 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 8, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On January 31, 2021, at 12:40 p.m. local time, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) employee with 41 years of railroad service was struck by a piece of rail-bound maintenance...
February 22, 2021 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 20, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On December 23, 2020, about 6:55 a.m. local time, the conductor of Kansas City Southern (KCS) train L-CO392-22 was struck by the train as it was operating in a reverse...
February 8, 2021 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, November 11, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On November 11, 2020, at 9:43 a.m. local time, a Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (DREI) conductor, riding the rear rail car of train 200-11, was killed while...
January 26, 2021 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, January 25, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board determined Monday that an airbrake failure caused the fatal, Oct. 4, 2018, collision between two Union Pacific trains in Granite...
January 19, 2021 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 18, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board took a victory lap last week over the implementation of positive train control, the landmark safety system that it first recommended after the head-on collision of...
January 18, 2021 | Headlines, NTSB, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 15, 2021) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday announced it would close three key positive train control (PTC) safety recommendations after more than 40 railroads required to implement PTC met the...
January 12, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 11, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary findings regarding a fatal incident in October at CSX’s Acca rail yard in Richmond, Virginia. The cause of the incident is still...
December 18, 2020 | News, NTSB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, December 18 — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a Safety Recommendation Report on December 15, calling out the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for...
December 11, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, December 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued Rail Accident Report 20/04 Thursday for its investigation of the Aug. 2, 2017, CSX Transportation, Inc. freight train...
November 20, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station WALA, November 18, 2020) PRICHARD, Ala. — Representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration told FOX10 News they are jointly investigating the matter. In addition, Prichard police late...
