A 2025 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) assessment concluded that the outdated design and maintenance and operating practices related to Silverliner IV railcars increase the incidence and severity of electrical fires that can spread to occupied compartments, representing an unacceptable safety risk.
November 24, 2025
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Summarizes the safety findings and concerns raised by the NTSB regarding the Silverliner IV railcar design and related practices.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) operates a laboratory in Washington, D.C., that analyzes flight recorders (commonly called 'black boxes') and can recover readouts from recorders that have suffered some fire damage.
November 04, 2025
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Capability of the NTSB laboratory to extract data from fire-damaged flight recorders.