March 27, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: NTSB Safety Compass blog post by NTSB Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt, March 26, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On November 14, 2017, the day before our Most Wanted List (MWL) progress meeting, we concluded our investigation into the April 2016 Amtrak train derailment...
March 20, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 19, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union continues to stress its concerns with the testing and implementation of self-driving technology after a ‘driverless’ Uber in autonomous mode struck...
March 1, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: The State, February 28, 2018) COLUMBIA, S.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on the head-on collision between an Amtrak passenger train and CSX freight train in Cayce on Feb. 4. Full story: The...
March 1, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Washington Post, February 28, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal officials Wednesday reiterated their call for the Federal Railroad Administration to issue an emergency order for new safety measures along rail corridors when work crews temporarily disable...
February 22, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 21, 2018) CROZET, Va. — Witnesses told investigators that a garbage truck struck by a train carrying Republican congressmen through rural Virginia entered the railroad crossing after the safety gates had come down, the National...
February 21, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB, Positive Train Control
(Source: The State opinion column by NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt, February 20, 2018) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Although the investigation is ongoing into the tragic Amtrak passenger train crash in Cayce, we knew immediately that a rail switch had been improperly set,...
February 20, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: New York Post, February 16, 2018) NEW YORK — Long Island Rail Road management doesn’t encourage its workers to follow safety rules, and that contributed to the death of a train foreman last summer, federal investigators said on Thursday. Full story: New York...
February 16, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 15, 2018) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Human error is likely the cause of a collision between an Amtrak train and a freight train in South Carolina that killed two people and injured dozens of others earlier this month, according to a...
February 16, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 15, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued three urgent safety recommendations Thursday, acting upon the agency’s findings in two ongoing railroad accident...
February 16, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: The State, February 15, 2018) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Eleven days after a fatal train wreck in Cayce, the National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent safety recommendation Thursday that calls on trains to proceed cautiously when moving through areas...
