NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
May 8, 2008

NTSB TO MEET ON 2006 NEW BRIGHTON PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN DERAILMENT

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@ntsb.gov

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