February 10, 2022 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Denver Post, February 8, 2022) DENVER, Colo. — A railroad employee hit by a train in Denver on Wednesday morning died of his injuries. The man was hit by train in the area of the 3700 block of Globeville Road, according to an 11:46 a.m. Twitter post by the...
February 7, 2022 | Accident, Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Transportation Safety Board of Canada press release, February 1, 2022) DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia — Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (R21M0002) into a derailment near Edmundston, New Brunswick, drawing...
February 2, 2022 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, February 1, 2022) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A railroad line passing through Bluefield, Va. has reopened after a derailment that closed it early Monday morning was cleared. Full story: Bluefield Daily Telegraph
January 24, 2022 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: State Journal-Register, January 21, 2022) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Norfolk Southern Railway freight train partially derailed Friday morning on the south side of Springfield, losing six cars and delaying the arrival of an Amtrak train on the way to the city. The...
January 20, 2022 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Los Angeles Daily News, January 18, 2022) LOS ANGELES — A downtown Los Angeles track where rail cars derailed over the weekend has been repaired and is now reopened, a Union Pacific spokeswoman said Tuesday evening, Jan. 18. Seventeen train cars derailed at 4...
January 10, 2022 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KLBK, January 9, 2022) LUBBOCK, Texas — A train has derailed and caught fire outside of Vernon, near Oklaunion. According to an official with BNSF Railway, 28 of the 98 cars on the train derailed at approximately 10 a.m. this morning. As of...
December 21, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KMIZ, December 20, 2021) NAPTON, Mo. — An investigation is underway after a Union Pacific train derailed over the weekend in southeastern Saline County. A spokesperson for Union Pacific said the derailment happened at the Route E crossing...
December 15, 2021 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Billings Gazette, December 14, 2021) BILLINGS, Mont. — An Amtrak on-board service attendant, injured while assisting survivors of an Amtrak train derailment in September on the Montana Hi-Line near Joplin, is suing his employer and BNSF Railway for...
December 14, 2021 | Accident, Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 14, 2021) MONTREAL — A jerk caused by slack action, following a sudden brake application, resulted in a railroad crewman falling from a car he was riding in a fatal January accident at Canadian National’s Pointe-Saint-Charles Yard in...
December 13, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 13, 2021) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Norfolk Southern’s Southern Railway heritage unit, ES44AC No. 8099, was among two locomotives damaged when a train hit a rock slide and derailed early Sunday in Pittsburgh’s Baldwin Borough. Full story:...
