NTSB Retires Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Dec. 14 that 2023 will mark the end of its Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, the focus of the agency’s safety advocacy for nearly 35 years.

NTSB Urges FRA to Incorporate New PTC Technology

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to formulate a plan to “incorporate promising new [Positive Train Control (PTC)] technology into the existing system that

FTA Seeks Input on Hours of Service, Fatigue Risk Management Programs

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is considering minimum safety standards to provide protections for transit workers to obtain rest “thereby reducing the risk of fatigue-related safety injuries.”

Overhead photograph of the accident location in Houston, Tex., outside the Greens Port Industrial Park. Watco-subsidiary WDRL provides switching service for the facility. (Courtesy of NTSB; Source: Google Earth)

NTSB Releases Report on 2021 Houston Shoving-Movement Accident

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a report and three safety recommendations on shoving movements following its investigation of the Oct. 29, 2021, accident involving a Watco Dock and Rail LLC (WDRL) conductor killed when a train collided with a combination vehicle at a grade crossing in Houston, Tex.

NTSB’s derailment diagram of the BNSF derailment in Minnesota earlier this year. (Courtesy of NTSB)

UPDATE: NTSB Releases Memo for Determination of BNSF Minnesota Derailment 

On Monday, Oct. 16, NTSB Newsroom announced via Twitter that it has opened a docket “for its investigation of the March 30, 2023 derailment of a BNSF Railway freight train on the Marshall District in Raymond, Minnesota.”

FRA: Locomotive Image and Audio Recording Devices Required for Passenger Trains (UPDATED)

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 12 announced that it is requiring the installation of inward- and outward-facing locomotive image recording devices on all lead locomotives in passenger trains, as required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.

​View of the Walbridge (Ohio) Yard accident scene. (Source: CSX)​

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report on CSX Carman Fatality in Ohio

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the Sept. 17, 2023, accident involving a CSX carman, who was struck and killed by a

NTSB: How Not to Blow a Gasket

The National Transportation Safety Board has released findings and safety recommendations on DOT-117 tank cars that address the performance of gaskets employed in sealing manway covers and valves in a derailment, and

​​NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy (right) with some of the 15 new employees sworn in on Sept. 25. The agency now has 433 staffers. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of NTSB)

NTSB Boosts Staffing, Reduces Average Investigation-Completion Time

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Sept. 27 reported hiring a record number of employees this year “to keep up with emerging technologies and reduce the average time it takes to complete investigations.”

The collision between Amtrak train 531 and the UP RMM occurred as the RMM moved from main track 1 across main track 2, which was occupied by train 531. (Courtesy of NTSB)

NTSB Railroad Investigation Report: Amtrak Train 531 and UP RMM Collision

The NTSB released a Railroad Investigation Report after a collision between Amtrak train 531 and a Union Pacific Roadway Maintenance Machine in July of last year.

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