November 24, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Amy Taxin on November 21.) SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California commuter train that sideswiped a freight train this week had run a red signal, an investigator said Friday, and officials are looking at brake...
October 29, 2008 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on October 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its 2009 Federal Most Wanted List of safety improvements. Newly added to the list of 15 areas of concern were:...
October 24, 2008 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on October 24.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting Tuesday, October 28, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant...
October 17, 2008 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on October 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker today praised Congress and the President for passage of the Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2008...
October 8, 2008 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on October 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has told the rail transportation industry to take advantage of newly emerging technologies that can...
October 2, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The following story by Randal C. Archibold appeared on the New York Times website on October 1.) LOS ANGELES — The engineer of a commuter train that collided last month with a freight train here, killing 25 people and injuring more than 130, was sending text messages...
October 2, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on October 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is an update of the NTSB’s investigation of the September 12, 2008 accident in Chatsworth, California involving a Metrolink commuter train and a Union...
September 22, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The following story by Robert J. Lopez appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 20.) LOS ANGELES — Engineer Robert M. Sanchez pulled Metrolink 111 out of the Chatsworth station and was rolling north at 54 mph. About a mile later, he entered a restricted...
September 18, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Daisy Nguyen on September 18.) LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities investigating why a commuter train engineer ran through a red signal and into an oncoming freight train have confirmed that he was text messaging...
September 17, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The following story by Randal C. Archibold appeared on the New York Times website on September 16.) LOS ANGELES — The engineer of a commuter train that slammed into a freight train on Friday here, killing 25 people, never applied the brakes even after he bypassed a...
