August 13, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: KXII, August 12, 2020) HUGO, Okla. — Two people are dead after being found unresponsive in a railcar in Hugo Wednesday morning. They were working for Trinity Rail, which refurbishes tanker cars. Both were taken to the hospital where they were pronounced dead....
August 3, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Arizona Republic, August 1, 2020) TEMPE, Ariz. — About half a dozen local, state and federal agencies are investigating what caused a train crossing over Tempe Town Lake to derail and catch fire this week. Full story: www.azcentral.com
May 15, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 14, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued Thursday the final report for its investigation of the June, 10, 2017, Queens Village, New York, railroad accident in which a...
April 22, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Board press release, April 20, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The NTSB announced Monday the recategorization of three more safety recommendations from the agency’s 2019 – 2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, bringing...
April 9, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 8, 2020) A CSX train derailment and subsequent bridge collapse in May 2018 in Virginia was caused by a subgrade fill failure of the track structure that displaced ballast, resulting in a cross-level deviation of the track...
March 31, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station WYMT, March 30, 2020) ELKHORN CITY, Ky. — One month ago on February 13, 2020, CSX Transportation freight train K42911, a high-hazard flammable key train carrying denatured ethanol, derailed in Draffin, Ky. Now, a preliminary report from the...
February 3, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, January 29, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pipeline safety, helicopter emergency medical service flight operations safety and emergency response to railroad hazardous materials events were recently improved with...
January 7, 2020 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 3, 2020) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will add two members this weekend, bringing the board to its full complement of five members for the first time since February 2019. Michael Graham and Thomas Chapman...
December 18, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 17, 2019) MTA Metro-North Railroad and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) have improved the safety of their commuter-rail systems by implementing safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board’s...
October 2, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 1, 2019) PHILADELPHIA — A man killed on SEPTA tracks during the summer was caught in a space between two Broad Street Line trains heading in opposite directions, a new report from federal investigators shows. A preliminary...
