May 14, 2010 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following appeared on The Trentonian website on May 14, 2010.) RIVERTON, N.J. — Fifteen people were treated for minor injuries this morning when a mini-van pulled in front of an NJ Transit train at the Main Street crossing. Twelve of the injured were aboard the...
May 14, 2010 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 14, 2010.) CASPER, Wyo. — Crews on Thursday started removing train cars that crashed on the steep bank of the Wind River and cleaning up the diesel fuel, barley and aggregate clay that spilled in the accident,...
May 14, 2010 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jesse James Deconto, Bruce Siceloff and Amy Dunn appeared on the News & Observer website on May 14, 2010.) MEBANE, N.C. — A truck driver ignored signs warning of a humpbacked railroad crossing, and his lowboy trailer got stuck in the path...
May 13, 2010 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Casper Tribune website on May 13, 2010.) CASPER, Wyo. — A freight train hit a large boulder in Wind River Canyon on Wednesday afternoon and slid down a 50-foot embankment into the river, spilling some diesel fuel but causing no injuries....
April 22, 2010 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Nkemeleng Nkosi on April 22, 2010.) PRETORIA, South Africa — A luxury train filled with foreign tourists, many of them Americans, sped downhill out of control before derailing Wednesday, killing a pregnant woman...
January 12, 2010 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The following story by Joana Draghici appeared on the Toronto Star website on January 11, 2010.) TORONTO — A 42-year-old Hamilton man is dead after being pinned between two rail cars at a Ford Motor Company plant in Oakville on Monday. Police said the accident...
December 11, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 10, 2009.) GOLDEN, Colo. — A freight train derailed near the foothills west of Denver on Thursday, sending one rail car down to the highway about 25 feet below. There are no reports of injuries. The 94-car...
September 21, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 21, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak resisted for more than a year before making its bridge-inspection information public and yielded only when threatened with a federal...
September 14, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Esmeralda Bermudez appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on September 13, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — At the base of a rocky hill within earshot of passing trains, they came to remember the fashion student, the music store owner, the police...
August 12, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 11, 2009.) FREMONT, Neb. — Authorities said a man’s empty car was hit by a passing train as he hid from a deputy nearby. Dodge County Sheriff Steve Hespen said a 21-year-old man was arrested early Tuesday...
