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The train conductor told a BNSF investigator that a misaligned switch led to the crash and that a padlock that was supposed to be attached to the switch was missing, the documents said.
A formal investigation into the accident was opened on 22 October. [27] The RAIB's initial inspection of the track found evidence of low wheel/rail adhesion, and they stated that the possibility the train may have suffered wheel slide while braking would be investigated. [ 12 ]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) opened an investigation into the accident [11] and dispatched a 20-member Go Team to the crash site. [55] The NTSB said its investigators would be on-site for seven to ten days. [17] One aspect of the investigation was whether the engineer lost situational awareness. [56]
KCAL-TV news showed a text message allegedly sent by the Metrolink train's engineer 22 seconds before the crash. Local television news broke the story that the Metrolink engineer was exchanging brief text messages with a 16-year-old railfan while operating the train, [45] a violation of Metrolink rules according to the agency. [46]
Norfolk Southern faced repeated criticisms ahead of this month’s crash, Bevan Hurley and Louise Boyle write The company behind Ohio’s toxic train disaster: Deaths, silenced whistleblowers, and ...
The train derailment involving two tanker cars has been cleared. Callers reported a train derailment on Beeks Road at Belton Honea Path Highway to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office dispatch ...
The collision occurred around 3:00 p.m. EST when a northbound 1 train, train 1427, was switching from the express to the local track and sideswiped by train 1345. Two cars of train 1345 derailed while train 1427 had three cars derail. Train 1427 was carrying 300 passengers at the time and had to be evacuated. [6]
Gary Allen Montelongo used coding and engineering to test how suspension systems can cause train derailments. His eighth-grade project won big. A 14-year-old took home $10,000 for his award ...