November 20, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Globe Gazette, November 19, 2013) MASON CITY, Iowa — The National Transportation Safety Board says unsecured railroad cars are the probable cause of the death of a Union Pacific railroad worker in Mason City in 2012. Georgiy Solovlyov, 36, of Stanhope, a...
November 8, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Connecticut Post, November 7, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Metro-North official Stephen Neville’s voice wavered Thursday as he recounted the day nearly six months ago when tragedy struck the New Haven Line near Bridgeport, referring to it as the...
November 6, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, November 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A fatal accident in which a freight train struck a parade float in Texas last November was caused by the failure of both the city and the parade organizer to address the...
November 5, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, November 4, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cheers of support from a flag-waving crowd watching a parade turned into shouts of horror when a freight train rammed into a float carrying veterans and their wives in Midland, Texas, last year. Four...
November 1, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today released the final agenda for the two-day investigative hearing on two recent Metro-North train accidents in Connecticut....
November 1, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will meet to determine the probable cause of the November 2012 fatal grade-crossing accident involving a parade float in Texas....
October 23, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: The Journal News, October 22, 2013) NEW YORK — Federal hearings into a Metro-North Railroad derailment that injured dozens and an accident that killed a foreman have been rescheduled for Nov. 6 and 7. The original National Transportation Safety Board...
October 21, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: NBC Bay Area, October 20, 2013) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The National Transportation Safety Board sent two people to Walnut Creek to take over the investigation of a double fatality on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) tracks Saturday afternoon. A train struck...
October 16, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Connecticut Post, October 15, 2013) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A hearing that was supposed to examine two Metro-North accidents on the New Haven Line, including the May 17 derailment and collision in Bridgeport, has been postponed because of the federal government...
October 4, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: ABC News Chicago, October 4, 2013) CHICAGO — The CTA sent a bulletin Thursday night to all rail yard employees ordering a number of precautionary steps to ensure that train cars undergoing maintenance stay in place. The bulletin comes after an out-of service...
