June 25, 2008 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Topeka Capital Journal website on June 24.) NEOSHO RAPIDS, Kan. — Officials say there is no major health risk from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailment today in Lyon County. The last 13 cars of a 90-car train derailed at about...
June 25, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Melanie S. Welte on June 25.) DES MOINES, Iowa — A railroad bridge collapsed into the flooded Iowa River, dropping a locomotive and two tanker cars into the water, authorities said Wednesday. Three employees of...
June 10, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on June 9.) HOUSTON — A Union Pacific employee was killed Sunday when one of the rail cars struck him, authorities said. The man was working on trains near Bay Area Boulevard and Chemical Road in Pasadena when...
June 9, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following report appeared at Click2Houston.com on June 9.) HOUSTON — A railroad switchman was killed when a train hit him on Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported. A Union Pacific employee at the scene on Bay Area Boulevard near Port Road said the switchman told an...
June 6, 2008 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following story by Dirk VanderHart appeared on the Springfield News-Leader website on June 5.) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One Burlington Northern-Santa Fe worker was injured in a train collision at the railyard at Division Street and Park Avenue. Sometime shortly after...
June 4, 2008 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 3.) CHICAGO — A four-car commuter has derailed in Chicago, a week after a similar accident. Officials say one of the passengers in Tuesday’s derailment has been treated for minor injuries. Chicago Transit...
June 2, 2008 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 31.) CANTON, Mass. — Three people injured in a commuter train crash have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and three companies connected to the incident. The...
May 30, 2008 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 29.) JACKSON, Miss. — One of two men hospitalized following a train-garbage truck collision in central Mississippi remains in critical condition. John Brown and another Waste Management worker, Robert Purnell, were...
May 30, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Josh Burton appeared at Amarillo.com on May 30.) AMARILLO, Texas — A Union Pacific Railroad worker was killed after a train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line struck the man Thursday morning. Amarillo police responded to the 1000 block of...
May 29, 2008 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch and Mary Owen appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 29.) CHICAGO — A veteran CTA train motorman apparently disobeyed a red “stop” signal and overruled equipment that triggered the emergency brakes, resulting...
