(Source: Trains.com, September 24, 2024)
The probable cause of a fatal accident involving a conductor trainee in CSX’s yard in Cumberland, Md., last summer was the train’s movement through an unidentified and unmitigated close clearance location, the National Transportation Safety Board said today. During a shove move, the conductor trainee was caught between the side of the railcar he was riding and locomotives parked on an adjacent track, the safety board said in its final report on the Aug. 6 accident.
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