OMAHA, Neb.—Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives, but the head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday the new rule is flawed because it excludes freight trains like the one that derailed and caught fire in eastern Ohio earlier this year.
The Federal Railroad Administration didn’t respond directly to the criticism of the rule requiring cameras showing both the train crew’s actions and a view from the front of passenger trains.
