March 30, 2005 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on March 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark Rosenker today reemphasized the importance of medical screening for vehicle operators who may...
March 22, 2005 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on March 22.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has published its first issue of the Journal of Accident Investigation. This is a biannual publication to promote transportation safety through...
March 16, 2005 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on March 15.) WASHINGTON — On the occasion of its 30th anniversary as a separate, independent agency, the National Transportation Safety Board today issued a new publication that examines the safety improvements that...
February 11, 2005 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on February 10.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a symposium to discuss an automated system to prevent train collisions known in the industry as positive train control (PTC), NTSB...
January 26, 2005 | Headlines, NTSB
(The following report appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on January 26.) SOUTHERN ILLINOIS — A broken rail caused a freight train to derail and spill hazardous cargo near Tamaroa in southern Illinois two years ago, the National Transportation Safety Board...
January 26, 2005 | Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on January 25.) TAMAROA, Ill. — The National Transportation Safety Board says the failure of a rail caused the derailment near Tamaroa, two years ago, of a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals. The...
January 26, 2005 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on January 25.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that a broken rail, due to inappropriate bond wire welds on the rail in an area of known soft ballast conditions, was the probable...
January 26, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The following report appeared at CNN.com on January 26.) GLENDALE, Calif. — A commuter train crash and derailment killed at least nine people, including a sheriff’s deputy, on Wednesday outside Los Angeles, fire officials said. A spokeswoman for the...
January 19, 2005 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on January 19.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, January 25, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.,...
November 23, 2004 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Candace Smith on November 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators looking into the crash of two Metro trains told the transit agency Monday to change the way subway drivers handle a train rolling...
