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NTSB issues update on 2001 CSX derailment in Baltimore tunnel
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On July 18, 2001, an eastbound CSXT freight train (L412-16), consisting of 3 locomotive units and 31 loaded and 29 empty cars (total of 60 cars), derailed in the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland. The train had just departed the CSXT...
Union Pacific train derails
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A Union Pacific train carrying coal to the cement plant in Davenport derailed at 10 a.m. Wednesday near Buena Vista Road, shutting down the line for about a week, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel. "We could hear it," said Paulette Lima, who...
Sulfur fire from train derailment causes evacuations in southern Alberta
SEVEN PERSONS, Alberta -- An 80-car freight train carrying molten sulfur derailed in southern Alberta early Wednesday, causing a chemical fire and a brief evacuation of nearby residents, according to the Associated Press. Darcie Park, a spokeswoman for Canadian...
Risk of shipping attacks grows
LONDON -- With al-Qaeda stepping up its sporadic attacks on Western targets, there is a consensus among terrorism experts and the FBI that international shipping is increasingly vulnerable to suicide bombs and other extreme tactics, the Dallas Morning News reported....
Cold snap slows Via Rail’s new train cars
KINGSTON -- Via Rail’s much-hyped new Renaissance trains got their first taste of winter this week and they don’t appear to like it, the Kingston Whig-Standard reported. The Crown corporation’s new British-built trains, which were unveiled to much fanfare as...
Record-sized load shipped by rail
EDMONTON, Alberta -- One of the largest and heaviest cargos ever moved by rail in North America arrived at its destination near Fort McMurray, Alta., today following a 1,500-mile overland journey from the Great Lakes, the Canadian National Railway reported in a press...
More aid to Amtrak is essential, lawmaker says
RICHMOND, Va. -- The Richmond area has lots riding on the future of Amtrak, but the passenger railroad can survive only if Congress gives it a green light for improvements, the Richmond times-Dispatch reported. That was the message yesterday of Rep. Eric I. Cantor,...
Man seeks to keep rails open to all
ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- Daniel Van Epps is on an unusual mission -- and so far he thinks he's on the right track, the Zanesville Times Recorder reported. Van Epps, a doctoral candidate from West Virginia University, has been traveling to area counties to discuss an issue...
UP to buy plastic rail ties
OMAHA -- Union Pacific Corp. will spend $55 million to buy 1 million railroad ties made mostly from recycled plastic for use in humid areas where wooden ties have to be replaced more often, Bloomberg News reported. The six-year order is from North American...
Va. leaders urged to scale back rail dream
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's top transit official urged Virginia leaders to diminish their $4 billion dream of extending Metro to Dulles International Airport because it would cost too much and carry too few riders, the Washington Post reported. Instead, Federal...
