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....
August 3, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Arizona Republic, August 1, 2020) TEMPE, Ariz. — About half a dozen local, state and federal agencies are investigating what caused a train crossing over Tempe Town Lake to derail and catch fire this week. Full story: www.azcentral.com
May 15, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 14, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued Thursday the final report for its investigation of the June, 10, 2017, Queens Village, New York, railroad accident in which a...
April 22, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Board press release, April 20, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The NTSB announced Monday the recategorization of three more safety recommendations from the agency’s 2019 – 2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, bringing...
