November 26, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Madison Park and James Drew appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on November 25.) BALTIMORE, Md. — Federal investigators are trying to determine why 12 railcars of a CSX freight train jumped the track yesterday morning near M&T Bank...
November 13, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Tracy Weber appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on November 12. The two fatalities have both been identified as BLET members.) LOS ANGELES — A Union Pacific freight train engineer and conductor were killed Saturday when their train...
October 15, 2007 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on October 13.) CHICAGO — Metra officials on Friday announced a shake-up in track inspection procedures, acknowledging its inspectors failed to detect a defect that caused the derailment...
October 12, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Maggi Martin appeared on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on October 12.) PAINESVILLE, Ohio — CSX officials got the go-ahead from the federal government Thursday afternoon to begin removing the 30 broken, burning cars of a Buffalo-bound train...
October 12, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 12.) PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Firefighters on Thursday battled a train derailment fire for a second day and some residents who had been evacuated were allowed to return to their homes. When the CSX train derailed...
October 10, 2007 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Ralph Zahorik appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on October 9.) CHICAGO — A sailor who lost his lower right arm after being hit by a commuter train Sunday in Lake Bluff was hoping to join the Navy’s elite SEAL forces. The sailor,...
October 10, 2007 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Giovanna Fabiano appeared at NorthJersey.com on October 10.) GARFIELD, N.J. — Police were trying to determine Tuesday night why a Clifton woman drove around lowered railroad gates at a Somerset Street crossing during the morning rush, placing...
October 9, 2007 | Accident, CP, Headlines
(The following story by Kelly Sinoski appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on October 9.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Hundreds of passengers on a scenic Rocky Mountaineer train trip had to bus the last leg from Kamloops to Vancouver Monday after a Canadian Pacific train...
September 26, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following report appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on September 26.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Union Pacific coal train derailed about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday near Lynn and caused a train traveling in the opposite direction to derail. The derailments involved a...
September 11, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following report by P. Kim Bui appeared on the San Luis Obispo Tribune website on September 10.) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Amtrak train passengers in San Luis Obispo County had to be bussed between here and Santa Barbara Monday because of a train derailment in...
