July 29, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Star-Ledger, July 29, 2014) NEWARK, N.J. — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a meeting Tuesday to determine the probable cause of the 2012 train derailment and chemical spill that resulted in hundreds of Paulsboro residents being evacuated...
July 25, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, July 24, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will meet to determine the probable cause of the train derailment and hazardous material release in Paulsboro, New Jersey. On...
June 27, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 26, 2014) BILLINGS, Mont. — The dangers posed by a spike in oil shipments by rail extend beyond crude from the booming Bakken region of the Northern Plains and include oil produced elsewhere in the U.S. and Canada, U.S. safety officials...
May 20, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Danbury News Times, May 19, 2014) DANBURY, Conn. — A Metro-North visual inspection failed to spot a badly joined rail two days before a derailment in Bridgeport last year because inspectors were on a different track and not close enough to spot the defect,...
May 20, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration and Metro-North Railroad. The recommendation to FRA is to remove...
April 24, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: The Hill, April 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) warned in one of her final public appearances that the safety of freight rail trains carrying crude oil has been compromised “far too...
April 24, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: The Journal News, April 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators should use their emergency powers to make moving crude oil and ethanol by rail safer in the foreseeable future, the chairman of the National Transportation Board said Wednesday....
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Star-Tribune, April 22, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tens of thousands of older tanker cars used to haul North Dakota crude oil and Midwestern ethanol run a one-in-four risk of leaking if they derail, railroad officials told the National Transportation...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2014) CHICAGO — The recent spate of accidents in the U.S. and Canada involving trains carrying crude oil demonstrates that “far too often, safety has been compromised,” the head of the top U.S. transportation safety agency...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Toledo Blade, April 22, 2014) TOLEDO, Ohio — The public-safety benefit from routing trains hauling crude oil or ethanol to avoid heavily populated areas could be offset by the higher risk of derailments on lesser-used tracks, a panelist at a National...
