December 13, 2021 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 3, 2021) PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa — Two crew members are reported to have been injured in a December 3 collision of two BNSF Railway trains at Pacific Junction, about 18 miles south of Omaha, Nebraska. Full story: Trains...
November 30, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: WSB-TV, November 28, 2021) HIRAM, Ga. — A late Saturday night train derailment in downtown Hiram shut down one of the city’s main arteries over the weekend. According to Norfolk Southern, two crew members riding in the lead locomotive, which overturned along...
November 30, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: ABC 13, November 24, 2021) HOUSTON — Crews in Houston’s east end were called to the scene of a crash involving a train and a semi-truck. A Union Pacific employee on board the train was injured and transported to the hospital. The incident remains under...
November 19, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station NBC 12, November 18, 2021) HARRISONBURG, Va. — Virginia State Police have cited a Rockingham County school bus driver after a train crashed into a bus on Wednesday afternoon. Officials said around 3:30p.m., a train crashed into the bus at...
November 18, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WHSV, November 17, 2021) HARRISONBURG, Va. — A McGaheysville Elementary School bus has been hit by a Norfolk Southern train at the intersection of Rt. 340 and Island Ford Rd. in Rockingham County. WHSV has confirmed with the superintendent...
November 16, 2021 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Iowa Public Radio, November 15, 2021) MONTROSE, Iowa — The process of cleaning up fuel and coal spilled into the Mississippi River following a train derailment in southeast Iowa is well underway, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Several...
November 16, 2021 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Railway Age, November 15, 2021) NEW YORK — President Joe Biden on Nov. 14 appointed former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to serve as Senior Advisor, coordinating implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the bi-partisan $1.2...
November 15, 2021 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: The Hawk Eye, November 14, 2021) MONTROSE, Iowa — A train traveling south near Montrose collided with a barge late Saturday, derailing multiple train cars and sending two cars into the Mississippi River. A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed after...
November 11, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Laredo Morning Times, November 10, 2021) LAREDO, Texas — A Union Pacific Railroad contractor employee was struck and fatally injured on a construction site near Castroville. An employee with W.T. Byler Company was performing bridge work for the Union Pacific...
November 11, 2021 | Accident, CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: The State, November 10, 2021) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A series of ill-fated decisions led to the 2018 death of a South Carolina welder who was hit by a train going 50 miles per hour on tracks near Estill, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a final...
