NTSB report finds train building method, use of hand brakes on empty cars led to 2017 CSX derailment (updated)

NTSB report finds train building method, use of hand brakes on empty cars led to 2017 CSX derailment (updated)

By | December 10, 2020

Agency issues six safety recommendations as a result of August 2017 derailment, hazmat situation in Hyndman, Pa.

Overhead shot of several freight cars derailed and burning.

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