December 21, 2012 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
PAULSBORO, N.J. — Investigations into claims of faulty Gloucester County Hazmat equipment expanded to the state level Thursday, following the recent launch of a county probe of firefighter allegations. The state Department of Health will conduct its own investigations...
December 21, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: San Antonio Express News, December 20, 2012) SAN ANGELO, Texas — Union Pacific said that it will adjust the signal system at the train crossing in Midland, Texas, where a parade float crossed into the path of an oncoming freight train, killing four veterans....
December 17, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, December 17, 2012) PAULSBORO, N.J. — Workers have removed the final tanker car that was part of a freight train that derailed more than two weeks ago in southern New Jersey. Recovery efforts are now focused on repairing a swivel-style bridge...
December 13, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Midland Reporter-Telegram, December 12, 2012) MIDLAND, Texas — Residents living near the site of the Nov. 15 fatal train crash have heard train horns sounding in their neighborhood since that tragic day at what is supposed to be a designated quiet zone....
December 11, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 11, 2012) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Paulsboro public schools are to reopen Tuesday morning, more than a week after they were closed because of the Nov. 30 derailment of freight-train tank cars carrying toxic chemicals. Full story:...
December 11, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 11, 2012) LUBBOCK, Texas — Officials in a West Texas city where four wounded veterans died when a train hit their parade float wouldn’t say Friday why they won’t pursue criminal charges against the driver. Full story:...
December 10, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, December 10, 2012) PAULSBORO, N.J. — Workers are continuing to remove debris at the scene of a New Jersey freight train derailment that released hazardous gas into the air. Seven cars on an 84-car train derailed on or near a swivel-style...
December 10, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 7, 2012) SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Union Pacific Railroad will allow attorneys representing victims of a train crash that killed four wounded U.S. military veterans in Texas to conduct their own tests of tracks, signals and a...
December 7, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 7, 2012) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Coast Guard said Thursday that it had removed all traces of vinyl chloride from a freight-train tanker that fell off a bridge and breached last Friday, and that it had not detected the hazardous...
December 4, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 4, 2012) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The freight train derailment last week in Paulsboro likely was the result of human mistakes (overriding a red stop signal), money-saving automation (replacing a human bridge operator with an...
