January 29, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 28, 2009.) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Council Bluffs police say a Union Pacific railroad worker has died after being hit by a train. Police Sgt. Dave Dawson says Craig Lang, 41, of Neola was or had been working on...
January 28, 2009 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on January 28, 3009.) PHILADELPHIA — Human error is likely the cause of a SEPTA train accident yesterday that sent nine people to the hospital and delayed commuters for much of the...
January 19, 2009 | Accident, CP, Headlines
(The following story by Jill Schramm appeared on the Minot Daily News website on January 18, 2009.) MINOT, N.D. — Each year about 1.7 million carloads of hazardous materials travel by rail across the United States. Only a small portion 100,000 carloads or 0.3 percent...
January 19, 2009 | Accident, CP, Headlines
(The following story by Dave Caldwell appeared on the Minot Daily News website on January 18, 2009.) MINOT, N.D. — The effects on the railroad industry of catastrophic rail accidents such as the Minot derailment of 2002 still reverberate. The Minot derailment played a...
January 19, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Jon Krenek appeared on the Kankakee Daily-Journal website on January 19, 2009.) KANKAKEE, Ill. — About 50 homes were evacuated in Grant Park on Sunday evening following a train derailment involving a hazardous materials spill. The incident...
January 15, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Bernie Hornick appeared on The Tribune-Democrat website on January 14, 2009.) JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Five empty flatcars jumped the track at the Woodvale railyard Wednesday, the second derailment there within a year. One of the flatcars bumped into...
January 15, 2009 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on January 14, 2009.) DUFF, Sask. — About 30 rail cars loaded with grain derailed has shut down the Canadian National Railway line. The train was headed east from Regina Tuesday night when the cars left the track. No one...
January 14, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following appeared at KVAL.com on January 13.) SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A railroad tanker car reportedly leaking a toxic chemical prompted evacuations from nearby businesses in Springfield, Ore., as firefighters responded to the scene Tuesday night. The report from a...
January 12, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Steve Hymon appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on January 10.) LOS ANGELES — Upon emerging from the 90-minute session, Solow told reporters, “There is no announcement,” and declined to comment further. Solow has been under...
January 8, 2009 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Steve Hymon appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on January 8.) LOS ANGELES — Metrolink needs to improve monitoring of its employees, enhance its safety technology and do more to inform its board members about how the railroad works,...
