November 3, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, November 2, 2023) The NTSB is focusing on BNSF’s inspection and maintenance practices after a fatal derailment in Colorado on October 15. Preliminary reports indicate a broken rail caused the crash. Poor track conditions have...
November 2, 2023 | Headlines, NTSB, Positive Train Control
(Source: Associated Press, November 1, 2023) The automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to better prevent collisions, federal safety investigators said in a report Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety...
October 25, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 18, 2023) Several days before a Norfolk Southern conductor trainee was killed by a metal beam protruding from a parked railcar on the next track, workers at a U.S. Pipe facility noticed the beam was hanging off the top of the car but...
October 18, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 17, 2023) A broken rail caused a train derailment that collapsed a bridge over an interstate highway in Colorado, killing a truck driver and blocking the road for days, federal authorities said Tuesday based on their preliminary...
October 13, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 12, 2023) Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives, but the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday the new rule is flawed because it excludes...
October 5, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, October 3, 2023) The CSX Transportation carman who was struck and killed by a pair of locomotives in Walbridge Yard on Sept. 17 was walking from his truck to line and lock a switch at the time of the accident, the National Transportation Board...
September 29, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, September 29, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board has called for development of new standards for gaskets used by tank cars in flammable-liquid service as a result of investigation into a January 2022 derailment and fire involving a...
August 9, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, August 8, 2023) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has halted work on a project on state-owned tracks used by the Housatonic Railroad following a fatal accident last week, pending a safety review of the contractor hired for the track...
August 8, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, August 4, 2023) A contract worker hit by a piece of track equipment on the Housatonic Railroad has died. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident. Full story: Trains.com
August 2, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, August 1, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board said the Atlanta-based railroad changed its rules a day after the July 6 derailment to take a much more cautious approach when a hot bearing is found. After the derailment, the...
