October 31, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Dickinson County News, October 30, 2018) SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa — The National Transportation Safety Bureau on Tuesday released its findings about the cause of a March 2017 train derailment near Graettinger. The NTSB’s summary said a broken rail caused 20...
October 30, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 30, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On September 23, 2018, about 5:35 p.m., eastern daylight time, a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) subway train operator stopped a SEPTA...
September 14, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB, Positive Train Control
(Source: Washington Post, September 13, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Robert S. Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, has been there before and on Thursday he virtually begged a congressional subcommittee to end the habit of holding hearings...
September 14, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Transport Topics, September 13, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Equipping the country’s freight and commercial trains with technology designed to automatically slow down or stop trains traveling at dangerous speeds would improve safety, the head of the National...
September 7, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, September 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board said in a report published Thursday a series of human errors led to a BNSF Railway train striking and killing two BNSF roadway...
August 23, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: KWY News Radio, August 22, 2018) PHILADELPHIA — The case against the engineer of the ill-fated Amtrak 188, which crashed more than three years ago, has stalled again. Both prosecutors and the defense say the National Transportation Safety Board is not handing...
August 21, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, August 20, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jennifer Homendy was sworn in Monday as a board member of the National Transportation Safety Board during a brief ceremony at NTSB headquarters. The addition of Homendy...
August 10, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, August 9, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 22, 2018, about 4:35 a.m. central daylight time, southbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) freight train U‐CPGSAP‐059 derailed 33 jacketed DOT‐117R tank cars at milepost 165.3...
August 8, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, August 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bruce Landsberg was appointed Tuesday Vice Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board and also starts his appointment as a member. Landsberg, a well-known general...
August 8, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, August 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The failures of a freight train company and a city to mitigate known safety hazards at a Biloxi, Mississippi, grade crossing is the probable cause of a fatal crash there,...
