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...
February 5, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Bloomberg, February 4, 2015) NEW YORK — As federal investigators examined the charred wreckage of Tuesday’s deadly commuter-train collision near New York, lawmakers in Washington were calling for new initiatives and money to prevent future tragedies. Full...
February 5, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Bloomberg News, February 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The deadly commuter-train collision Tuesday near New York was Metro-North Railroad’s sixth accident at a road crossing in less than four years, raising questions about whether more should have been...
February 3, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation fatalities in the United States decreased by 3 percent in 2013 from 2012, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation...
January 26, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Southeast Missourian, January 25, 2015) CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Erratic shifts and sleep deprivation may have led to a May 25, 2013, train collision near Chaffee, Missouri, the National Transportation Safety Board has reported. Full story: Southeast...
January 14, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, January 13, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail tank cars that carry crude oil, ethanol and other hazardous materials across the country must do it more safely. That’s one of four new issues on the...
January 14, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Roll Call, January 13, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday issued its annual tally of Most Wanted Transportation Safety Improvements, urging the railroad industry to adopt a technology known as “Positive Train Control”...
January 5, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(CBS News, January 3, 2015) NEW YORK — In a news release Friday, the NTSB said a green LED light was so bright it out-shined the old-fashioned, incandescent red stoplight nearby. The engineer accelerated, plowing into an oncoming train. The NTSB now wants all...
January 2, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release (PDF), December 31, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issues the following recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration: Revise Title 49 Code of Federal...
January 2, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release (PDF), January 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued a Safety Alert that focuses on the visibility of railroad signals. On railroads, light-emitting diode (LED) railroad...
