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Railroad fined over cleanup in 2000 spill
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. will pay a $38,000 fine for shortcomings in the testing of contaminated dirt and the transport of empty tanks after a derailment near Scottsbluff, according to the Omaha World-Herald. About 400...
Alleged railroad bandits ambush FBI agents
EL PASO, Texas -- According to the Associated Press, about a dozen railroad bandits ambushed two FBI agents during a sting, kicking them and beating them with rocks, authorities said Friday. The agents were hospitalized in critical condition with head injuries and...
3,000 evacuated after train carrying acid derails in Tenn.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- With a billowing cloud of fuming sulfuric acid hovering over her neighborhood, Lisa Perkins knew it was time to get her four children out of the area, reports the Associated Press. The family, along with their pet Chihuahua, was among 42 people...
Fifth victim dies in truck-freight train collision
DeGRAFF, Ohio -- A 13-year-old boy who was the remaining survivor of Sunday afternoon's fatal train accident in DeGraff has died, according to NBC affiliate WCMH-TV4 in Columbus, Ohio. A preliminary investigation states that the driver of the pickup truck, Don...
India train wreck deaths rises to 118
RAFIGANJ, India -- The death toll in a train accident in eastern India climbed to 118, officials said Thursday, as rescue workers hampered by rain carried on searching the mangled wreckage for bodies, the Associated Press reported. At least 170 people were injured...
Britain’s train performance improves slowly
LONDON -- On-time performance by British passenger trains is at its highest in two years but still short of prior levels, the Strategic Rail Authority said Thursday. The Associated Press reports that the agency's report showed that train punctuality in the second...
Amtrak’s Vermonter wreckage cleared from tracks
SHARON, Vt. -- Work crews using cranes put Amtrak's Vermonter passenger train back on the rails Thursday and moved the locomotive and five cars back to White River Junction, the Rutland Herald reported. Work continued through the night to repair the track that was...
BNSF a part of Congressional debates on ‘Genetic Discrimination’ bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Given current estimates that every human carries 5-50 genetic mutations that can potentially spell disease during the course of life, congressmen generally agree that genetic discrimination must be "outlawed," according to a report from the July...
Canadian Wheat Board disappointed in CTA rail ruling
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Canadian Wheat Board has expressed disappointment a ruling from the Canadian Transportation Agency that denied increased rail competition to haul grain. The CTA Tuesday announced it had denied an application from Ferroequus Railway Company...
CP engineer delays freight but saves dog
VANCOUVER -- It meant holding up six freight trains for nearly an hour on one of the province's most important railway corridors, but at the end of it, Carmel, the golden labrador, was safe, the Vancouver Sun reported. And to locomotive engineer Scott Grimmer, who...
