February 12, 2016 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 11, 2016) BERLIN — Police in southern Germany said Thursday that the death toll from a head-on train collision in Bavaria has risen to 11, after a man succumbed to his injuries two days after the crash. Full story: Washington...
February 11, 2016 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, February 10, 2016) BAD AIBLING, Germany — German prosecutors and police investigating a head-on train crash in Bavaria that killed ten people are focusing on the actions of a signal controller, a source involved in the inquiry told Reuters on...
February 10, 2016 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, January 10, 2016) BAD AIBLING, Germany — Emergency workers on Wednesday started removing the wreckage from the head-on train crash that killed 10 people and injured dozens in southern Germany, after police said they are no longer looking for...
February 9, 2016 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: CNN, February 9, 2016) MUNICH, Germany — Nine people are dead, two are assumed missing and 50 seriously injured after a head-on collision between two trains in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria, police said Tuesday. Altogether, 100 to 150 people...
December 9, 2015 | Accident, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, December 5, 2015) NEW YORK — A pair of train derailments in 2012 that killed two people in Maryland and triggered a fiery explosion in Ohio exposed a little-known and unsettling truth about railroads in the U.S. and Canada: No rules govern...
November 30, 2015 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Courier-Post, November 25, 2015) CAMDEN, N.J. — Plaintiffs suing Conrail over the 2012 Paulsboro train derailment missed the deadline to appeal a judge’s decision to prohibit a medical expert’s testimony. The group is denied an extension because...
June 23, 2015 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, June 19, 2015) NEW YORK — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced the “Railroad Reform, Enhancement, and Efficiency Act” on June 19, 2015. The senators say the bill is written to “improve passenger rail safety,...
April 29, 2015 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Albuquerque Journal, April 28, 2015) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two freight trains collided head-on just after 6 a.m. Tuesday about 10 miles southeast of Roswell, killing one person, injuring another and derailing locomotives and freight cars. Crew member Jesse T....
March 12, 2015 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 12, 2015) RALEIGH, N.C. — The driver of an oversized rig that derailed an Amtrak passenger train after it got stuck on the tracks earlier this week is a convicted felon with a long history of traffic citations, The Associated Press...
March 11, 2015 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Variety.com, March 10, 2015) JESUP, Ga. — Hillary Schwartz, the first assistant director on “Midnight Rider,” was sentenced to 10 years probation Tuesday as she faced charges of criminal trespass and involuntary manslaughter. Full story: Toronto...
