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...
October 20, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, October 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Federal investigators are looking into the death of a CSX employee at the Acca Yard in Richmond, Virginia, on Oct. 12. Full story: Freight Waves
September 28, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: SanTan Sun News, September 25, 2020) PHOENIX — Someone pulled 29 spikes that bound the rails to the wooden ties. They shoved one of the rails out of alignment and propped it in place with a metal bar. And they bypassed the alarm wires that run along the...
September 23, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, September 22, 2020) ARLINGTON, Texas — A loose, improperly fastened rail joint led to a 2017 derailment in a North Texas rail switching yard that killed a worker, the National Transportation Safety Board tweeted Tuesday. Full story:...
September 14, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: www.azfamily.com, September 10, 2020) PHOENIX, Ariz. — The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday released its preliminary report on the train derailment that took out a portion of the Salt River Bridge in Tempe on July 29. According to the report,...
September 1, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 31, 2020) President Donald Trump has designated National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg to continue to serve in the position for a new three-year term. Full story: Progressive...
August 31, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 28, 2020) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that a CSX ballast regulator operator’s attempt to repair a machine without powering it off and without using lockout/tagout procedures is the probable...
August 13, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: KXII, August 12, 2020) HUGO, Okla. — Two people are dead after being found unresponsive in a railcar in Hugo Wednesday morning. They were working for Trinity Rail, which refurbishes tanker cars. Both were taken to the hospital where they were pronounced dead....
