March 21, 2014 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(Source: WSOC TV, March 20, 2014) CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — A man was flown to a hospital Thursday morning from Chester County after colliding with a train in the Leeds area. Officials told Channel 9 the 21-year-old was working for Lowram, a CSX contractor, when...
March 17, 2014 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Daily Journal, March 15, 2014) KANKAKEE, Ill. — Fifteen years ago, a southbound City of New Orleans passenger train struck a semitrailer at a rail crossing in Bourbonnais. Eleven people died and 122 were injured on that fateful night of March 15, 1999....
January 29, 2014 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: The Republican, January 28, 2014) DEERFIELD — An employee with Pan Am Railways was transported by helicopter ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield Tuesday after suffering a serious injury in an accident in the rail yard, police said. Full...
January 9, 2014 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Reuters, January 8, 2014) SOUTH WEBER, Utah — Two freight trains collided in Utah on Wednesday, spilling corn onto an interstate highway and injuring three railroad workers. One Union Pacific train rear-ended another near the mouth of Weber Canyon. The...
December 6, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Associated Press, December 5, 2013) TWO HARBORS, Minn. — A Canadian National train filled with iron ore pellets has derailed in northeastern Minnesota, injuring two people. Full story: Star Tribune
November 18, 2013 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Guardian, November 17, 2013) LONDON — It was the midnight train to Georgia. I was 20 years old, a student travelling after a working holiday. Now I was leaving New Orleans, on board the sleeper bound for Savannah. This was the Sunset Limited, “the...
November 11, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Los Angeles times, November 9, 2013) LOS ANGELES — A train that derailed and exploded in rural Alabama was hauling 2.7 million gallons of crude oil, according to officials. The 90-car train was crossing a timber trestle above a wetland near Aliceville late...
November 11, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2013) LOS ANGELES — A 90-car train derailed and exploded in rural Alabama early Friday morning, spilling its crude oil cargo into the surrounding wetlands and igniting a fire so intense that officials said it will take 24 hours...
November 8, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBS News, November 8, 2013) ALICEVILLE, Ala. — A 12-car freight train carrying crude oil derailed on a trestle and caught fire late Thursday night near Aliceville, in western Alabama, authorities say. Full story: CBS News
November 6, 2013 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 5, 2013) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The number of pedestrians killed in U.S. train collisions increased 25 percent in the first eight months of this year, setting a pace unseen in more than a decade, according to new federal data. Full...
