March 16, 2009 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(They Leila Noelliste appeared on the Daily Journal website on March 15, 2009.) KANKAKEE, Ill. — Exactly 10 years after the deadly Amtrak crash that killed 11 people and injured dozens, more than 60 survivors, rescue workers and family members of the deceased gathered...
March 12, 2009 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Noah Bierman appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 11, 2009.) BOSTON — Prosecutors have declined to file a criminal complaint against anyone involved in last year’s runaway freight car crash in Canton that left about 100 commuter...
March 3, 2009 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 28, 2009.) CHICAGO — A Metra passenger critically hurt in a deadly crash won a nearly $30 million verdict Friday to compensate for her injuries and pay for a lifetime of...
March 3, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 3, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal safety investigators are expected to unveil more details Tuesday about text messages from the operator of a commuter train involved in a deadly collision last September in...
March 2, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Rich Connell and Robert J. Lopez appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on March 2, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — Within weeks of a commuter rail disaster in Chatsworth last fall, Metrolink engineers twice did the same thing that is suspected to have...
March 2, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Rich Connell and Robert J. Lopez appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on February 28, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — Federal investigators have cellphone text messages indicating that the engineer blamed for last fall’s Metrolink rail disaster...
March 2, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane and John Hughes on February 28, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The conductor of a Union Pacific Corp. locomotive tested positive for a controlled substance after a crash with a Los Angeles commuter...
February 18, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(The Missoulian posted the following article on its website on February 18.) MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Rail Link crews cleaning up after a train derailed about 10 miles east of Superior, according to Montana Rail Link spokeswoman Lynda Frost. Frost said 23 cars...
February 17, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following article was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on February 15.) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Eight cars from a freight train derailed and came to rest yards from a residential street, startling residents, but causing no injuries or significant...
February 5, 2009 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kevin Cary appeared on the Charlotte Observer website on February 5, 2009.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A tractor-trailer broke into three pieces when the Amtrak Piedmont passenger train hit it Wednesday morning in Harrisburg, scattering bricks and other...
