March 25, 2008 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Sharon Dunten appeared on the Hattiesburg American on March 25.) JACKSON, Miss. — The Church Road railroad crossing on Eastabuchie Road in southern Jones County will be closed today following two separate car-train accidents Monday that led to...
March 24, 2008 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on March 23.) CHICAGO — Flames of up to 15 feet high shot out of tons of coal after a train in the South Side’s Englewood neighborhood derailed Sunday morning, rupturing an underground gas line. The...
March 24, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on March 23.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Railroad traffic resumed Saturday through Knoxville’s Old City as crews cleaned up a train derailment from the night before. A Norfolk Southern train jumped the...
March 19, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on March 18.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that the probable cause of the collision involving a Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority train with a maintenance...
March 19, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 18.) GAINESVILLE, Va. — Officials say a man was seriously injured in Prince William County on Tuesday when a rail car toppled over, trapping him underneath. Kim Hylander, a spokeswoman for the Prince William...
March 19, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 19.) CARBONDALE, Ill. — Investigators are trying to pinpoint what caused a southern Illinois train derailment that injured two members of the train’s crew. Both the train’s engineer and conductor are...
March 19, 2008 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Bianca Prieto appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on March 18. ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — All lanes on East Landstreet Road near South Orange Avenue were reopened around 7:30 this morning after a crash involving a cargo train and a...
March 17, 2008 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by James Vaznis appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 15.) BOSTON — An Amtrak train struck and killed a person in Claremont, N.H., last night, in the second fatality in New England involving Amtrak trains in two days. A train bound for St....
March 17, 2008 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tom Mooney appeared on the Providence Journal website on March 15.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived yesterday to investigate how an Amtrak Acela train leaving the city struck three railroad...
March 14, 2008 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(United Press International circulated the following on March 13.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak resumed service on the Providence, R.I., line Thursday after an investigation concerning a train that struck three people, killing one, Amtrak said. The Acela train 2154...
