The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week issued a safety alert to warn commuter and transit rail operators to analyze the design of electric propulsion power and other critical systems.
The alert stems from NTSB investigations into five incidents in which electric propulsion power systems have resulted in critical failures such as electrical arcing, fires and smoke and damage to electrified systems. The incidents placed passengers and crew members in danger, NTSB officials said in the alert.
“As the nation’s rail infrastructure ages, transit and commuter operators are experiencing critical failures related to electric propulsion power systems, putting the traveling public at risk,” NTSB officials said…