March 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 24, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its final report on the Feb. 20, 2014 accident in Jesup, Ga., in which a crew member was killed during the filming of...
March 25, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Toledo Blade, March 24, 2015) TOLEDO, Ohio — Speakers at a federal forum on railroad trespassing Tuesday called for more education and prevention to curb a stubbornly stable annual number of deaths and injuries. Full story: Toledo Blade
March 20, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Christopher A. Hart was sworn as the 13th chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board today during a ceremony presided over by Chief Administrative Law Judge...
March 20, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 19, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Board has released the final agenda, including the participants’ names, affiliations and biographies for its forum, Trains and Trespassing:...
March 18, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Next week, the National Transportation Safety Board will hold its first forum on the issue of fatalities caused by trespassing on railroad property. Experts warn that solutions have been elusive. More than...
March 12, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 11, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public forum March 24-25 on the dangers of trespassing on the railroad right-of-way. While railroad tracks have long...
February 18, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board’s office of Railroad, Pipeline, and Hazardous Materials are in communication with the Federal Railroad...
February 12, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 11, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued urgent recommendations to the Federal Transit Administration, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority...
February 10, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Stephens Media, February 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent safety recommendation Friday to rail operators to check electronic alertness devices on their trains to ensure they work as intended. Full story:...
February 9, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued urgent safety recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration, the Association of American Railroads, the...
