NTSB makes recommendation on tougher tank cars after 2024 ND derailment

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging a faster phase-out of certain railroad cars following a train derailment ...
WABI-TV

Firefighters, DEP, respond to offgassing railroad tank cars

HERMON, Maine (WABI) - Multiple fire departments and Maine DEP responded to reports of rail cars venting in Hermon this morning. Officials say this is supposed to happen on hot days as the contents of ...
Transport Topics

NTSB Wants to Replace Weak Railroad Tank Cars

The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get ...
Railway Age

NTSB Renews Call to ‘Accelerate’ DOT-111 Tank Car Phase Out

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on June 11 reported reiterating recommendations “to accelerate the phase out ...

NTSB says fiery 2024 North Dakota derailment proves the need to replace flawed tank cars

A fiery North Dakota derailment that happened two years ago demonstrated yet again why the National Transportation Safety ...
CBS News

NTSB derailment investigation renews concerns about detectors, tank cars and Norfolk Southern

The National Transportation Safety Board's daylong hearing on what caused the disastrous East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last year gave the community, railroads and ...
Railway Age

UTLX Donates Rail Tank Car to Enhance First Responder Training Across Chicagoland

Union Tank Car Company (UTLX) on Dec. 2 announced that it has donated a rail tank car to support hands-on training for the Chicago Fire Department, Calumet City Fire Department, and nearby ...
Reuters

U.S. urges rail tank car owners, shippers to use safer, newer cars

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Wednesday urged rail tank car owners and hazmat shippers of flammable liquids to stop using tank cars like some in a Feb. 3 Norfolk ...