News & Reviews News Wire Failure to set hand brakes likely caused wreck that killed Norfolk Southern engineer, NTSB says

Failure to set hand brakes likely caused wreck that killed Norfolk Southern engineer, NTSB says

By | April 17, 2025

The accident on Jan. 31, 2024 occurred in Decatur Yard in Alabama when a cut of cars rolled away and struck the engineer’s locomotive

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