March 11, 2015 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 10, 2015) HALIFAX, N.C. — There was time enough to warn train dispatchers as a 127-ton tractor-trailer, so big and heavy that it required a special permit and a state trooper escort, tried to negotiate a difficult turn across the...
March 11, 2015 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 11, 2015) HALIFAX, N.C. — As workers finished clearing debris from where an Amtrak passenger train derailed earlier this week, state and federal investigators were busy piecing together how an oversized tractor-trailer came to be...
March 11, 2015 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 10, 2015) HALIFAX, N.C. — The 127-ton tractor-trailer that derailed an Amtrak train at a railroad crossing in North Carolina was about three times the size and weight of a standard 18-wheeler, so huge it required a Highway Patrol...
March 11, 2015 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The drivers of an oversize truck and its escort vehicle had as long as 20 minutes to call an emergency number that could have stopped an Amtrak train that was bearing down on the North Carolina...
March 10, 2015 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(Source: New York Times, March 9, 2015) LOS ANGELES — In a rare assignment of criminal liability for safety violations on a film set, the producer and director Randall Miller on Monday pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Sarah Jones. Ms. Jones...
March 10, 2015 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: News & Observer, March 9, 2015) RALEIGH, N.C. — Sixty-two people, including the train’s engineer, were taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening, said Lt. Jeff Gordon, a Highway Patrol spokesman....
March 9, 2015 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Courier-Post, March 8, 2015) PAULSBORO, N.J. — Freight trains have begun crossing a new Conrail bridge near the scene of a November 2012 derailment in Paulsboro. Full story: Courier-Post
February 27, 2015 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Ventura County Star, February 26, 2015) OXNARD, Calif. — The engineer on the commuter train that crashed in Oxnard this week has 42 years of experience and is first on Metrolink’s seniority list, officials said. Full story: Ventura County...
February 27, 2015 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, February 26, 2015) OXNARD, Calif. — The driver of a pickup truck that a Southern California commuter train smashed into at a railroad crossing did “all he could” to free the vehicle from the tracks and then ran for help before...
February 27, 2015 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 27, 2015) OXNARD, Calif. — Investigators on Thursday were trying to determine why a pickup truck driver mistakenly turned onto railroad tracks before a crash that derailed a California commuter train, and prosecutors said they would...
