August 12, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Politico, August 10, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In late 2016, federal investigators probing a fatal crash between a confused truck driver and a California commuter train made a plea to Google, Apple and Microsoft: Add information on the nation’s hundreds of...
July 29, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, July 23, 2019) COLUMBIA, S.C. — The NTSB on Tuesday put the main cause of the 2018 crash on CSX. They say the company didn’t have a proper safety plan for the signals being down on its track. The lack of a safety plan contributed to a wreck...
July 9, 2019 | CN, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 8, 2019) The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will conduct the accident investigation into the June 28 CN train derailment that occurred in the St. Clair Tunnel between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, the...
July 1, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Occupational Health & Safety, July 1, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will meet July 23 to determine the probable cause of the Feb. 4, 2018, collision of an Amtrak train with a stopped CSX train near Cayce, S.C. The...
June 28, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 25, 2019) Prompted by a fatal Amtrak train derailment in 2017, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to implement a passenger-rail operations safety program...
June 25, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, June 24, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board published its final report Monday for the agency’s investigation of the Dec. 18, 2017, fatal, Amtrak train derailment in DuPont,...
June 25, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, June 24, 2019) SEATTLE — The National Transportation Safety Board has published its final report Monday on a deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state in 2017, with the agency’s vice chairman blasting what he described as a “Titanic-like...
June 20, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station KIRO 7, June 19, 2019) TUKWILA, Wash. — In Tukwila on Wednesday, Dane Cheatley boarded an Amtrak Cascades train, just like the one that derailed near DuPont in 2017 and killed three people. Full story: www.kiro7.com
June 19, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 18, 2019) FORT WORTH, Texas — Investigators will consider storm-related flooding to help determine what caused an April 24 freight train derailment in North Texas that sent 25 tanker cars off the tracks. Full story:...
June 13, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, Remote Control
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, June 11, 2019) NEW YORK — A remote-controlled locomotive struck and killed a CSX railroad employee back on April 13, and the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed it almost two months later. Allen Lowe, who had worked...
