May 18, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: ABC News, May 17, 2015) NEW YORK — There was no communication between the derailed Amtrak train engineer to the dispatch center to suggest that a projectile had hit the ill-fated train, National Transportation Safety Board lead investigator Robert Sumwalt...
May 15, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: NBC News, May 15, 2015) NEW YORK — The Amtrak train that crashed in north Philadelphia this week was accelerating until it was shooting along the track at more than double the speed limit as it approached the curve where it derailed, safety investigators said...
May 8, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: KFYR-TV, May 7, 2015) HEIMDAL, N.D. — An investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board reports Burlington Northern Santa Fe employees found fragments of a tanker car wheel near the site of Wednesday’s train derailment near Heimdal. Full...
May 1, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 27, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The engineer and conductor on a BNSF oil train that derailed in North Dakota in December 2013 had seconds to escape their locomotive before it was engulfed by fire, according to interview transcripts...
April 29, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, April 28, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that operator fatigue caused the 2014 Chicago Transit Authority accident at O’Hare station. Additionally, CTA did...
April 29, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, April 27, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A more stringent inspection of old tank car axles might have prevented an explosive BNSF train collision in Casselton, North Dakota, in December 2013, according to documents posted by the National Transportation...
April 14, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Occupational Health & Safety, April 13, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Christopher A. Hart will visit the Greenbrier Railcar Services facility in Hockley, Texas, on April 16, using the appearance to discuss the...
April 8, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: USA Today, April 7, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued “urgent recommendations’’ Monday for retrofitting freight train tank cars in the wake of four oil-train derailments since mid-February, three of which resulted in...
March 25, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 23, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, PhD, MPH, was sworn in today as the newest member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Throughout her career, Member Dinh-Zarr has been a strong...
March 25, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, March 24, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An alarming increase in deaths to pedestrians trespassing on railroad tracks across the U.S. in 2014 shows the continued importance of safety education efforts, rail safety nonprofit...
