November 15, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB, Technology
(Source: www.nj.com, November 15, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — When an NJ Transit train last September came into the Hoboken Terminal at more than twice the speed limit, there was no automatic control system to slow it down. Installing positive train control systems again...
November 11, 2016 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: EHS Today, November 10, 2016) NEW YORK — The National Transportation Safety Board released a final report into its investigation of a Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway incident on May 25, 2015 that left one employee dead. The incident, which happened...
November 11, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, November 2, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board’s will unveil its 2017-2018 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements during a media briefing scheduled for 2 p.m.,...
October 20, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 19, 2016) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday released its preliminary report on a tank-car leak that spilled liquified compressed chlorine at the Axiall Corp. rail-car loading facility in West Virginia...
October 14, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 13, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Heavy damage to the front of a commuter train that slammed into a New Jersey station last month, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 people, is hampering the investigation into what went wrong. The...
October 10, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 6, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board released Thursday details downloaded from the event data and forward-facing video recorders on a NJ Transit commuter train...
October 5, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: www.nj.com, October 4, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Authorities in Washington, D.C. are analyzing the data on two more devices that were found in the train that violently crashed into the Hoboken Terminal last Thursday, officials said at a National Transportation...
October 4, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 3, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — It could be days before federal investigators working in 12-hour shifts clear enough debris to recover the data recorder from a train that crashed into a station, killing a woman and injuring more than 100...
October 3, 2016 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: CBS New York, October 3, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — The National Transportation Safety Board says it’s still hoping that a second data recorder from last week’s NJ Transit train crash in Hoboken was functioning. Full story and video: CBS New...
October 3, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 1, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigative update Saturday about its investigation of Thursday’s crash of NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line train #1614...
