The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday again called on the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak to put an immediate end to the use of “train approach warning” as the sole method of on-track safety in areas covered by positive train control.
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NTSB issues preliminary report on investigation of railway employee fatality Written by David C. Lester, Managing Editor
The NTSB released a preliminary report on a BNSF yard employee who died in the early hours of March 3.
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On March 3 of this year, a BNSF conductor died in a La Mirada, California rail yard accident.
RT&S reported on the fatality the day it happened. The National Transportation Safety Board issued its preliminary report on the accident on April 1, and here’s what they’re reporting so far:
“The National Transportation Safety Board issued Thursday (April 1) the preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the March 3, 2021, death of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway conductor in the La Mirada, California, railyard.