April 9, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 8, 2020) A CSX train derailment and subsequent bridge collapse in May 2018 in Virginia was caused by a subgrade fill failure of the track structure that displaced ballast, resulting in a cross-level deviation of the track...
March 31, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station WYMT, March 30, 2020) ELKHORN CITY, Ky. — One month ago on February 13, 2020, CSX Transportation freight train K42911, a high-hazard flammable key train carrying denatured ethanol, derailed in Draffin, Ky. Now, a preliminary report from the...
February 3, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, January 29, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pipeline safety, helicopter emergency medical service flight operations safety and emergency response to railroad hazardous materials events were recently improved with...
January 7, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 3, 2020) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will add two members this weekend, bringing the board to its full complement of five members for the first time since February 2019. Michael Graham and Thomas Chapman...
December 18, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 17, 2019) MTA Metro-North Railroad and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) have improved the safety of their commuter-rail systems by implementing safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board’s...
October 2, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 1, 2019) PHILADELPHIA — A man killed on SEPTA tracks during the summer was caught in a space between two Broad Street Line trains heading in opposite directions, a new report from federal investigators shows. A preliminary...
October 2, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station WIS 10, October 1, 2019) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today the National Transportation Safety Board released a final 90-page report on the deadly train accident on February 4th of last year in Cayce that killed 2 people and injured 90 others. The...
September 24, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, September 23, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is asking U.S. freight railroads to review their air brake and train handling instructions for end-of-train devices following a fatal October 2018 accident...
August 23, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Radio station KUOW, August 22, 2019) SEATTLE, Wash. — Washington State Department of Transportation is getting roughly $38 million to procure new railcars for the Amtrak Cascades route, which was a recommendation from National Transportation Safety Board...
August 21, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Television station 12 News Now, August 20, 2019) JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas — A Louisiana man was killed early Tuesday morning when he became trapped between two railway tank cars in Beaumont on Gulf States Road according to officials. The man was identified as...
