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...
February 9, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 8, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will meet to determine the probable cause of an accident involving two freight trains in Roswell, New Mexico in 2015; the board...
February 8, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Transport Topics, February 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The determination by federal investigators that two high-profile train collisions in New York and New Jersey were the result of undiagnosed sleep apnea prompted a member of the Senate Commerce Committee...
February 8, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday determined that two commuter railroad terminal accidents in the New York area were caused by engineer fatigue resulting...
February 6, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Public Radio, February 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators say a track switch locked in the wrong position appears to have led to Sunday’s deadly Amtrak collision with an idle CSX freight train, and they are hesitant to say this...
February 6, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Post and Courier, February 5, 2018) CAYCE, S.C. — The passenger train abruptly switched tracks. Its horn broke the quiet of the early Sunday morning. The engineer threw off the throttle and slammed on the emergency brakes. In less than 10 seconds, a routine...
February 6, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: ABC News, February 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An event data recorder has been recovered from the Amtrak train that collided with a freight train this weekend, revealing the moments leading up to the crash, investigators said Monday. Full story: ABC...
February 5, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 5, 2018) CAYCE, S.C. — Federal investigators are trying to figure out why a switch was in the wrong position, sending an Amtrak train into a freight train and killing a conductor and an engineer in South Carolina. Full story:...
