Board of Safety Comments on Train Car Derailment
In a press conference held earlier this month, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) stated that the recent train car derailment and subsequent fire in Palestine, Ohio, was, “100% preventable”. NTSB will continue their investigation of the incident over the next several months into the preventable causes to this devastating event, including: […]
Surface Transportation Board Severely Disappointed in Class I Railroads
The four major U.S. Class I railroads are under heavy scrutiny by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for not providing enough information regarding their rail service recovery plans. The STB issued a requirement for all four railroads on May 6th to submit a rail service recovery plan in response to shippers’ concerns about deteriorating rail […]
