NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20594
RAILROAD ACCIDENT REPORT
ADOPTED:FEBRUARY 25, 1992
NOTATION 5434A
Abstract: At 8 23 a m on December 12, 1990, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) passenger train 66, consisting of a two-unit locomotive, two material handling cars, five passenger cars, one dining car, and two baggage cars, derailed and struck Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) commuter train 906, consisting of one locomotive, six passenger cars, and one control car, as both trains entered Back Bay station in Boston. Massachusetts
In this report the following safety issues are discussed: tram operations and speed limits, locomotive engineer training and Federal Railroad Administration certification, and locomotive event recorder data
As a result of its investigation, the Safety Board made recommendations addressing these issues to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and the United Transportation Union
