September 29, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, September 29, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board has called for development of new standards for gaskets used by tank cars in flammable-liquid service as a result of investigation into a January 2022 derailment and fire involving a...
August 9, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, August 8, 2023) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has halted work on a project on state-owned tracks used by the Housatonic Railroad following a fatal accident last week, pending a safety review of the contractor hired for the track...
August 8, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, August 4, 2023) A contract worker hit by a piece of track equipment on the Housatonic Railroad has died. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident. Full story: Trains.com
August 2, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, August 1, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board said the Atlanta-based railroad changed its rules a day after the July 6 derailment to take a much more cautious approach when a hot bearing is found. After the derailment, the...
August 1, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, July 31, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board today released its preliminary report about a Norfolk Southern coal train that derailed in Virginia on July 6 after a wheel bearing failure. Full story: Trains.com
August 1, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, July 31, 2023) “Poor track conditions” of a track owned by BNSF may have contributed to a fatal September 2021 accident involving an Amtrak train derailment in Joplin, Montana, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Full story:...
July 31, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, July 28, 2023) Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in...
July 28, 2023 | Amtrak, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Montana Free Press, July 27, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday that “poor track conditions” led to an Amtrak derailment near Joplin in September 2021, killing three and injuring scores more. Full story: Montana Free...
July 20, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 19, 2023) A CSX Transportation conductor trainee was killed when he fell from a railcar during a shoving move and was hit by the train, according National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on a fatal accident June 26 at...
July 5, 2023 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 30, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board has released its annual report to Congress for 2022, which outlines the board’s work during the calendar year, as well as providing an overview of its structure and mission. The report...
