SEPTA should sideline its 225 Silverliner IV Regional Rail cars after the aging vehicles were involved in five train fires this year, the National Transportation Safety Board urgently recommended ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said hundreds of aging rail cars should be taken out of service until they can be replaced or retrofitted. By Billy Witz The National Transportation Safety ...

In today’s “What Fresh Hell Is This?” report, the National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent warning yesterday that SEPTA’s 1970s-era Silverliner IV cars — currently used on Regional Rail — ...

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HARRISBURG — Federal transportation safety officials told Philadelphia’s mass transit agency this week that it should shelve an aging electric railcar model that is heavily used in its regional rail ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) — The National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent warning to SEPTA on Wednesday recommending the transit agency removes 225 railcars from fleet because of a fire risk.

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging SEPTA to implement recommendations immediately to stop the fire risk in the Silverliner IV railcars. In the recommendations issued Wednesday, the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is recommending SEPTA remove a line of railcars from service due to fire risks. There have been five fires involving Silverliner IV cars over the last ...

A SEPTA Regional Rail train en route to Wilmington, Del., went up in flames near Crum Lynne station in Delaware County on Feb. 6, 2025. (6abc) The Federal Rail Administration has ordered SEPTA to ...

SEPTA’s 50-year-old Regional Rail cars remain on the tracks, even after federal safety officials recommended the authority remove the vehicles from its Regional Rail system following a series of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A SEPTA Regional Rail train sits after the train ...

This story originally appeared on 6abc. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a stern warning to SEPTA on Wednesday, urging the transit agency to take immediate action due to fire risks in ...