March 22, 2007 | Headlines, NTSB
(Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger posted the following article on its website on March 22.) JACKSON, Miss. — Federal officials may have taken their sweet time to determine a cause for the April 10, 2005, head-on collision of two freight trains in Yazoo County’s...
March 21, 2007 | Headlines, NTSB
(The following article by Ana Radelat was posted on the Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger website on March 21. Buddy Irby and Mark Cain were both members of BLET Division 203 in Jackson.) WASHINGTON — By failing to stop at a signal, a northbound CN train may have...
February 15, 2007 | FRA, Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on February 14.) WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker today asked Congress to give the Federal Railroad Administration the statutory authority to...
January 4, 2007 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on January 3.) WASHINGTON — Steven R. Chealander was sworn in today as a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Mr. Chealander brings a wealth of both civilian and military...
January 4, 2007 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on January 3.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate the November 30, 2006 accident in which two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority...
December 8, 2006 | Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 8.) WASHINGTON — A track inspector hit by a train died Thursday, a week after the accident killed his colleague. Matthew Brooks, 36, of Waldorf, Md., had been in critical condition since the Nov. 30 wreck,...
December 8, 2006 | Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 8.) WASHINGTON — A track inspector hit by a train died Thursday, a week after the accident killed his colleague. Matthew Brooks, 36, of Waldorf, Md., had been in critical condition since the Nov. 30 wreck,...
December 6, 2006 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on December 5.) WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has appointed Brenda Lee Yager Director of Government and Industry Affairs. In this position,...
December 6, 2006 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on December 5.) WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has appointed Brenda Lee Yager Director of Government and Industry Affairs. In this position,...
December 1, 2006 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 1.) WASHINGTON — A worn, chipped switch that wasn’t replaced by CSX Corp. likely caused January’s derailment of a Virginia Railway Express commuter train, federal investigators have...
