NTSB TO MEET ON 2006 NEW BRIGHTON PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN DERAILMENT

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

May 8, 2008

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NTSB TO MEET ON 2006 NEW BRIGHTON PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN 
DERAILMENT


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Washington, DC -- The National Transportation Safety Board 
will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 
9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 
L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. 

The Board will consider a final report on the derailment and 
subsequent fire of a Norfolk Southern Railway Company train 
in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. 
 
On Friday, October 20, 2006, a Norfolk Southern freight 
train (68QB119), en-route from the Chicago, Illinois area to 
Sewaren, New Jersey, derailed while crossing the Beaver 
River railroad bridge in New Brighton, Pennsylvania.  The 
train consisted of a three-unit locomotive pulling three 
empty freight cars and 83 tank cars loaded with denatured 
ethanol.  Twenty-three of the tank cars derailed.  Several 
of the cars fell into the Beaver River.  Approximately 20 of 
the cars in the river released ethanol, a flammable liquid 
that ignited and burned for 48 hours.  A seven-block area of 
New Brighton was evacuated.  There were no injuries or 
fatalities.  

Directions to the Board Room: Front door is located on Lower 
10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit 
L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D streets escalator, walk 
through shopping mall and at CVS store take the escalator 
down one level. The Board Room will be to the left.

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be 
available on the Board's web site. Technical support details 
are available under "Board Meetings." To report any 
problems, please call (703) 993- 3100 and ask for Webcast 
Technical Support.

Media Contact: Terry N. Williams (202) 314-6100 
williat@xxxxxxxx

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