NTSB Railroad RSS Feed http://www.ntsb.gov/railroad/railroad.htm Tue, 9 Nov 2010 12:44:19 -0500 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 12:43:50 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com As part of its continuing investigation into a transit system accident in downtown Boston, the National Transportation Safety Board will open the public accident docket on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/101109.html 7A796DAA-EF19-4471-828C-177C1C8E69C0 Tue, 9 Nov 2010 12:43:50 -0500 Washington, DC - National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman appeared before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee to discuss the final report and safety recommendations from the NTSB's investigation into the fatal June 2009 collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) trains on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100923c.html 5B5727A9-5841-40CA-99E3-54AFEC37E667 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:18:35 -0400 Washington, DC - In a speech today at the Operation Lifesaver, Inc.(OLI) Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman commended OLI for its leading role in efforts to reduce highway-rail grade crossing accidents by more than 80 percent since its founding in 1972. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100830.html 523788DC-7B1A-4E8A-AE50-DF7406779EC7 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:49:53 -0400 The five Members of the National Transportation Safety Board will meet the board of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) on Monday, August 9, at 2:30 p.m. at the WMATA headquarters building, 600 Fifth Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100808b.html 12D7D81F-7A81-4AA5-823B-74960B209F58 Sun, 8 Aug 2010 14:26:19 -0400 The five Members of the National Transportation Safety Board will meet the board of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) on Monday, August 9, at 2:30 p.m. at the WMATA headquarters building, 600 Fifth Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100805c.html F3C9FD83-5CC5-4049-9870-599884EEE025 Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:25:32 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that last year's fatal collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) trains on the Red Line in Washington, D.C., was a failure of the track circuit modules that caused the automatic train control (ATC) system to lose detection of one train, allowing a second train to strike it from the rear. The NTSB also cited WMATA for its failure to ensure that a verification test developed after a 2005 incident near Rosslyn station was used system wide. This test would have identified the faulty track circuit before the accident. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100727c.html 94E03E7B-A815-48D2-8146-A67DFAA118BC Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:24:40 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board meeting on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. There is one item on the agenda. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100714.html FEE0900B-0267-46D9-B799-4F80A8E28468 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:24:18 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board is meeting today to consider a final report on a motor coach accident in Arizona. At the opening of the meeting, NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman delivered the following remarks: http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100622.html 22B3AFED-30ED-41A0-99C7-C556B308AFEB Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:14:51 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board meeting on July 27, 2010, to consider a final report on its investigation of the June 22, 2009, fatal accident involving the collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) trains in between the Fort Totten and Takoma stations on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100520.html 82B3A90D-CD96-4191-BDF7-EA822013EAB0 Thu, 20 May 2010 14:48:07 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board's course, Accident Investigation Orientation for Rail Professionals (RPH 301), scheduled for May 18-19, 2010, at its NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.), still has openings for interested mid- to senior-level rail industry professionals. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100505.html 8CFFEF04-0071-44A5-9C52-754553A30E17 Wed, 5 May 2010 14:03:18 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board today released additional information about the Board's scheduled public hearing as part of its ongoing investigation into the cause of the collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail Red Line trains. The collision occurred on June 22, 2009, between the Fort Totten and Takoma stations in Washington, D.C. As a result of this accident, there were nine fatalities and numerous injuries. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100217.html D8CC0206-5C69-4671-BAF5-609F6F5043BB Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:38:39 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched an investigator to today's Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) accident in Washington, DC. NTSB has designated Jim Southworth, Chief, Railroad Division, as the Investigator-in-Charge. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100212b.html C779D8FD-0CBD-483C-879C-CAB7D7D73B08 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:39:05 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board today released additional information about the Board's scheduled public hearing as part of its ongoing investigation into the cause of the collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail Red Line trains. The collision occurred on June 22, 2009, between the Fort Totten and Takoma stations in Washington, D.C. As a result of this accident, there were nine fatalities and numerous injuries. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100204.html 02B66E2D-75F1-466C-979E-2817BF92C7E8 Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:00:36 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board provides the following update on its investigation into the January 26th Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) accident in Rockville, MD, involving a hi- rail vehicle, in the work zone on the Red Line that struck and killed two employees on the track. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100129b.html A23403BE-092A-4B95-BF46-F6B0FE4779F2 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:18:13 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a press briefing today at 3 pm on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) accident that occurred this morning in Rockville, MD. The briefing will be held in the NTSB's Board Room and Conference Center, at 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100126b.html 07E8F28C-DD7A-408A-B5EA-EBC903A3E9BB Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:31:28 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a team of investigators to today's Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) accident in Rockville, MD. At 1:45 am (EST) a hi-rail vehicle, in the work zone on the red line near Rockville Station, struck and killed two employees on the track. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100126.html F2226A4A-29AD-4A84-8083-13132DC97804 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:04:47 -0500 Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that the 2008 rail accident in Chatsworth, California, involving a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train, was caused by the Metrolink engineer's prohibited use of a wireless device while he was operating the train. The engineer failed to respond appropriately to a red signal at Control Point Topanga because he was engaged in text messaging at the time, the NTSB said. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100121.html 2738E802-D8CC-4F73-948D-FB58780FA1EA Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:22:55 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board meeting on Thursday, January 21, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Board will consider a final report on the following investigation: http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100114.html 6AC0E9C4-85FD-4AF5-A28B-D9DF51AFB012 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:22:20 -0500 Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the January 2008 fatal crash of a motorcoach near Victoria, Texas, was caused by the driver’s loss of control of the vehicle after he fell asleep at the wheel. The 42-year old driver drifted off the road, but then reacted by oversteering the vehicle once he regained awareness. The driver subsequently lost control of the motorcoach and it overturned on its right side. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/091208b.html EA0F120C-FCC9-4968-B084-E6FC3C95104C Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:21:46 -0500 In a speech given to anti-impaired driving advocacy groups yesterday, NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman said that addressing the problem of impaired driving-related traffic accidents is an important safety concern that she will seek to advance as head of the nation's transportation accident investigation agency. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/091208.html 657D37FD-22FD-4D35-95D8-2E85A9112225 Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:21:14 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. There is one agenda item. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/091130.html 6D07015C-66FF-485A-BC6E-4E40DA69E745 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:20:29 -0500 Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today announced that it will hold a public hearing on February 23-24, 2010, as part of its ongoing investigation into the collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail Red Line trains on June 22, 2009 that occurred between the Fort Totten and Takoma Park stations in Washington, D.C. As a result of this accident, there were nine fatalities and numerous injuries. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/091112.html D6905D60-AACD-4FAC-BAC1-7917931890B4 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:20:48 -0500 In its continuing investigation of a freight train accident in July in Iowa, killing two, the NTSB has developed the following factual information: http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/091002.html 44B37214-C023-499C-B68F-51C407ABF38C Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:11:55 -0400 Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today issued nine safety recommendations, six of which are urgent, to address concerns about the safety of train control systems that use audio frequency track circuits. The recommendations are the result of NTSB's ongoing investigation into the collision between two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) trains on the Red Line near the Fort Totten station in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2009. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090922.html 8D89A66B-472D-4C00-93F3-67AAF4879DBF Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:08:19 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board today released the site of the Ft. Totten accident back to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The site, located on the Red Line between Ft. Totten and Takoma stations in Washington, D.C., was the scene of the fatal collision of two WMATA trains on June 22, 2009. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090731.html 25253235-8E99-4E13-AEA3-97A7E4A875C7 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:26:45 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board continues to make progress in its investigation of the June 22, 2009, collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) trains on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. The Board has developed the following factual information: http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090729.html 4A4B6AF8-7E95-48B5-9AEA-0931DFBC345B Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:20:53 -0400 In its continuing investigation of the collision between two San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) light rail trains on Saturday, injuring more than 40 people, NTSB Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has announced the following factual information: http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090722.html 01713B56-9AEB-45BB-ABD2-6B16D3993FC6 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:14:35 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation into yesterday's transit system accident in San Francisco that injured more than 40 people. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090719.html A45473F6-5720-40DE-A8A5-88FED38DAD69 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:55:32 -0400 National Transportation Safety Board Member Debbie Hersman today, testifying before Congress, described a multi-faceted National Transportation Safety Board investigation into the deadliest accident in the history of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). A collision between two trains on June 22 killed 9 people and injured scores of others. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090714b.html F97AA06A-C549-43AE-AA10-E45BA1D02A39 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:58:13 -0400 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the two-train collision on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line last year occurred as a result of the trolley operator's failure to obey a signal indication likely because she became disengaged from her environment consistent with experiencing an episode of micro-sleep. The lack of a positive train control system, which would have intervened to stop the train and prevented the collision, was cited as a contributing factor. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090714a.html AC9C946F-5FE5-49F5-BECD-65A1A053ECB4 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:57:33 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board today issued an urgent safety recommendation to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) calling for enhanced safety redundancy of its train control system. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090713.html E72F6530-4E3A-491A-9810-012CBE51E9D8 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:56:28 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board has developed the following factual information from its investigation of the collision of two trains on the monorail system at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, that occurred early Sunday morning: http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090708.html 28082DDC-0DD2-445E-8796-69D6AD255EE6 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:51:29 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an accident on the monorail passenger transportation system at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090706a.html 819B46D6-0E03-4033-9E4B-229803208436 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:27:25 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting Tuesday, July 14, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090706.html EA4D8B57-8737-4A7C-BC19-264E8D8055BE Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:41:18 -0400 In its continuing investigation of the June 22, 2009, accident involving the collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) trains on the Red Line in Washington, D.C., the National Transportation Safety Board has developed the following factual information: http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090701.html B0DCE110-3503-4577-A59F-CF22D0BCBF9C Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:15:40 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board continues to make progress in its investigation of the June 22, 2009, accident involving the collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) trains on the Red Line in Washington, D.C. The Board has developed the following factual information: http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090625.html 153F6682-8FC5-45CD-9F98-786C4FDE798D Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:09:35 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a go-team to investigate the collision of two Metro trains in Washington, DC. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090622.html 77EC8E9E-6E53-449A-8619-70E96E2EF3A8 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:48:44 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a go-team to investigate the freight train derailment in Rockford, Illinois, on Friday, June 19th. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090620.html A7FC5F41-E84F-4E1E-9517-9EE58B481526 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:48:09 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a go-team to investigate the collision of two trolleys on Boston's MBTA Green Line. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090509.html 256E030B-E319-40EB-82CE-5F00345FDF1F Sat, 9 May 2009 08:44:05 -0400 Washington, D.C., - The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a collision of an Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) train with the rear of a Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Norfolk Southern) train was the failure of the Amtrak engineer to correctly interpret the signal at Englewood interlocking and Amtrak's failure to ensure that the engineer had the competency to correctly interpret the signal across the different territories over which he operated. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090331.html 15EA5C73-C4B4-478E-8A5C-AA6EEF4C958D Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:12:22 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on its investigation of a collision of Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Norfolk Southern) trains near Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090326.html EEE29B77-710B-4C50-A7AC-C050C509401F Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:28:33 -0400 Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board will open the docket on the 2008 Metrolink rail accident in Chatsworth, California at the start of a public hearing, on March 3, 2009, at 9 a.m. (EST). During the two-day hearing, the Safety Board will hear testimony from witnesses called to supplement the facts discovered during the on-scene phase and subsequent follow-up investigation of the accident. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090227.html 25520E64-3334-4471-A45B-5A465226870D Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:34:18 -0500 Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing on the 2008 collision in Chatsworth, California involving a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train. The two-day hearing will begin on March 3, 2009, at the NTSB's Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090210.html 04A2FAE8-4D83-4A87-B89D-5204893C82EF Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:11:17 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigator to yesterday's collision involving two Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passenger trains in Oakland, California. Two cars derailed, approximately 300 passengers were evacuated and there were nine reported minor injuries. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090204b.html D6DC40A1-A81C-4FE6-8E36-1CC0BC6F2F46 Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:33:43 -0500 Washington, DC - National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker today praised Congress and the President for passage of the Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (HR 2095), saying that it will help bring about safety improvements long sought by the Safety Board. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/081016b.html 9B513B65-E5CA-4762-81B6-B7C5BC74740D Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:46:13 -0500 The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched investigators to California to investigate the crash of a small plane that was found yesterday that appears to be the aircraft piloted by adventurer Steve Fossett. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/081002.html 7F56A516-C165-40DF-A7D8-D4F5D651B31F Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:28:03 -0400 Washington, DC - National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has told the rail transportation industry to take advantage of newly emerging technologies that can provide the biggest safety improvements in coming years. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/081007.html 9B65B061-D21A-4EED-8977-29BE17DC191A Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:27:26 -0400 The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a Go Team to investigate the collision between two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter trains in Newton early this evening. http://www.ntsb.gov/pressrel/pressrel.htm NTSB, RAILROAD 4C4226F1-383C-4BEE-A4F5-0697A57ED017 Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker today told members of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) that, while grade crossing accidents and railroad employee fatality rates have declined in the past quarter century, there is still room for improvement. Addressing rail executives at the AAR's annual safety awards luncheon, Rosenker called upon attendees to move more quickly on safety improvements by adopting new technology, such as positive train control and electronically controlled pneumatic braking, two of the technologies that show great promise for improving safety. http://www.ntsb.gov/speeches/rosenker/mvr080514.html B083AEA0-BEF2-404A-A894-219D2B92B174 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400