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...
September 30, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: www.nj.com, September 29, 2016) HOBOKEN, N.J. — The New Jersey Transit train that crashed at the Hoboken terminal Thursday was equipped with cameras and investigators will work to review its data recorder as they investigate the deadly wreck, a National...
September 1, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, August 31, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board opened the public docket Monday, as part of its ongoing investigation of a 2015 Oxnard, California, Metrolink commuter train...
August 4, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, August 3, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board presented to Congressional staff for members of Congress from the region, as well as committee staff with oversight for...
