April 29, 2011 | Accident, Headlines
(The following appeared at CNN.com on April 28, 2011.) TAIWAN — Termites are responsible for a train crash in Taiwan that killed five Chinese tourists and injured more than 100 others, government officials said in a report on the state-run Taiwan Today website....
March 30, 2011 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Youngstown Vindicator website on March 30, 2011.) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — It took workers only 24 hours to remove an early Monday 14-car train derailment in the center of Newton Falls and restore regular train traffic. By Tuesday morning...
February 10, 2011 | Accident, Headlines, NS
Trains have again started moving past the spot in Hancock County’s Cass Township where a Norfolk Southern ethanol train derailed and burned early Sunday, but a railroad spokesman said cleanup is likely to take weeks to complete. Damaged track was repaired with...
February 8, 2011 | Accident, Headlines, NS
Norfolk Southern expected to rebuild its track Tuesday after clearing the last wreckage from a site where 26 cars in an ethanol train derailed and burned in northeast Hancock County west of Arcadia, Ohio. An investigation continues into why the train, en route from...
February 4, 2011 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
Emergency responders used hydraulic jacks to free a man pinned under a 221,000-pound grain car Thursday morning in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway yard in Willmar. According to a statement issued by BNSF Thursday afternoon, “a BNSF Railway employee sustained...
September 10, 2010 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Brian Watt appeared at www.scpr.org. To listen to the audio report, visit: http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/09/10/chatsworth-2yr.) LOS ANGELES — Sunday marks two years since a Metrolink commuter train collided with a Union Pacific freight train in...
September 2, 2010 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following story by Nancy Ngo appeared on the Pioneer Press website on September 1, 2010.) A man working on railroad tracks was killed Wednesday when he stepped from behind a noisy locomotive and into the path of an oncoming Northstar Commuter Rail train. Andrew...
July 30, 2010 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Pat Shaver appeared on the Ottumwa Courier website on July 30, 2010.) ALBIA, IA — Residents in Albia woke up to a headache Thursday morning. At about 4:30 a.m., 20 cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train partially detrained from...
June 18, 2010 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the WNEM website on June 18, 2010.) LAPEER COUNTY, Mich. — The Lapeer County Sheriff’s Office said a 26-year-old man cheated almost certain death when his vehicle collided with an Amtrak train Friday morning. Deputies said James...
June 15, 2010 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Deborah Zacher appeared on the My Plainview website on June 15, 2010.) PLAINVIEW, TEXAS — One person was treated for minor injuries after the vehicle he was driving was hit by a train on Sunday afternoon. According to the accident report,...
