The National Transportation Safety Board issued new safety recommendations Thursday as investigations continue looking into fatal rail accidents in South Carolina and New York. Following a fatal crash Feb. 4 outside Columbia, S.C., when an Amtrak passenger train plowed into a stationary freight train, NTSB investigators have asked the Federal Railroad Administration to impose speed restrictions on trains passing through some areas where signaling systems have been suspended.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 15, 2018 20:41 UTC