August 7, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Courier-Post, August 7, 2013) Conrail has asked a judge to dismiss an emergency responder’s lawsuit arising from last year’s train derailment in Paulsboro, saying the man can cite no actual damage from the incident. Full story:...
July 24, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, July 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today announced that it will hold a forum addressing the importance of safety culture in transportation on September 10 and 11,...
June 21, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, June 17, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued an urgent safety recommendation to Metro-North Railroad to provide redundant protection for track maintenance crews who...
June 21, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB, Technology
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, June 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a June 24, 2012 head-on collision of two Union Pacific Railroad freight trains was the...
June 14, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, June 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will meet to determine the probable cause of two freight trains that collided near Goodwell, OK. On June 24, 2012, at about 10:00...
May 29, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 28, 2013) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The investigation into the cause of a southeast Missouri cargo train crash that injured seven people and destroyed a highway overpass could take up to a year. Full story: St. Louis...
March 15, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Midland Reporter-Telegram, March 15, 2013) MIDLAND, Texas — The National Transportation Safety Board, an organization investigating the Nov. 15, 2012 Show of Support train wreck, is working toward fulfilling the victims’ lawyers’ Feb. 8 request for videos and...
March 11, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 8, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued four recommendations addressing safety issues related to ongoing railroad accident investigations near Madison,...
February 27, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB
(Associated Press, February 26, 2013 TULSA, Okla. — One of two freight trains that collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle last summer, killing three workers and causing an inferno that nearly welded the locomotives together, sped past three signals warning it to slow down...
February 26, 2013 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 26, 2013) TULSA, Okla. — The National Transportation Safety Board says an eastbound train didn’t slow or stop for signals before colliding with another train in the Oklahoma Panhandle, killing three people. A hearing is under...
