September 14, 2011 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Ventura County Star, September 12, 2011) LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Three years after the fatal Metrolink crash in California, several survivors and family members of those who lost loved ones joined together for an impromptu ceremony held at a special memorial...
July 28, 2011 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Los Angeles Times, July 28, 2011) LOS ANGELES — About 30 cars of a Union Pacific freight train, some with hazardous materials, derailed on Friday in a desert town about 35 miles northeast of Los Angeles, prompting evacuations of 250 nearby homes, the Los...
July 25, 2011 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Tribune, July 25, 2011) CHICAGO — A rail worker, identified by the Chicago Tribune as Andres Tapia, was found dead this morning in a Belt Railway Company of Chicago rail yard. He was discovered crushed between two freight cars and was pronounced dead...
July 21, 2011 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Great Falls Tribune, July 20, 2011) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — One crew member remains hospitalized following a BNSF derailment on July 19 near Great Falls, Mont. It was reported yesterday that a locomotive engineer and conductor were injured following the...
July 18, 2011 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: The Atlantic, July 18, 2011) NEW YORK — The victims of the 2008 Metrolink fatality are also victims of so-called “tort reform,” which put a cap on the size of claims victims could obtain arising from a single accident. In this case, the cap was...
July 15, 2011 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, July 14, 2011) LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has divided $200 million among the victims of the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth, Calif. The Associated Press reports that some of the victims were “short changed” because of a...
July 13, 2011 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Pasadena Star-News, July 12, 2011) PASADENA, Calif. — A group of California lawmakers have called upon railroad owner Veoila to increase compensation for victims of the deadly 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth, Calif., that left 25 people dead. Current...
July 11, 2011 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Lahontan Valley News, July 10, 2011) FALLON, Nevada — Medical examiners identified the sixth fatality from the June 24 Amtrak train accident as Barbara Bell, 60, a resident of from the United Kingdom. Officials said DNA tests had to be used to identify the...
July 8, 2011 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Associated Press, July 7, 2011) RENO, Nevada — A lawyer is defending the Nevada trucking company whose tractor-trailer slammed into an Amtrak train and killed six people on June 24. He said the company had a respectable safety record and was not at fault...
July 7, 2011 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, July 6, 2011) RENO, Nevada — Amtrak is suing a Nevada trucking company for at least $10 million for negligence in the hiring and training of a driver who slammed a semi-trailer truck into the side of its California Zephyr train on June 24....
