July 12, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Steve Visser appeared on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on July 11.) ATLANTA — A Norfolk-Southern train derailed on Buford Highway Wednesday night but officials were able to reopen all lanes on the busy thoroughfare early this...
July 12, 2007 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(Reuters Canada circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on July 11.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Human error, poor supervision and use of long trains led to a Canadian National Railway Co. derailment that poisoned a river near Vancouver in 2005, federal investigators said...
July 3, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Jennifer Leahy appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on July 3.) HOUSTON — A number of West University Place residents were evacuated from their homes in the 5600 block of Community Drive after a train derailed Monday evening. No injuries...
June 27, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 26.) DES MOINES, Iowa — Two Union Pacific Corp. trains collided Tuesday afternoon in central Iowa, a railroad official said. No injuries were reported. The crash happened about 3 p.m. about two miles west of Tama....
June 26, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Josh Voorhees appeared on the Aiken Standard website on June 26.) AIKEN, S.C. — A federal judge approved the terms of a multimillion dollar class-action settlement Monday for the victims of the Norfolk Southern Railroad train derailment and...
June 19, 2007 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following article by Tim Johnson was posted on the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil website on June 18.) NEOLA, Iowa — Several cars in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train went off the tracks Saturday afternoon, spilling grain onto the ground. The...
June 8, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following report appeared on the CB5.com website on June 7.) MARTINEZ, Calif. — Union Pacific Railroad officials are looking into what caused 11 empty tank cars to derail early this morning in their rail yard in Martinez, spokesman Mark Davis said. The cars came...
June 7, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Carol Broeder appeared on the Arizona Range News website on June 7.) WILLCOX, Ariz. — A Union Pacific employee, who died in a single-vehicle rollover along Highway 191 last Tuesday, did not have a commercial driver’s license as required...
June 5, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following report appeared on the Salt Lake Tribune website on June 5.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A 52-year-old railroad worker’s legs were mangled on Friday in Cedar City when he was run over by an empty freight car. Police Sgt. Jerry Womack said Robert Craw,...
June 5, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The following Thompson Financial report appeared at Forbes.com on June 5.) KARANG, Australia — At least 11 people were killed and dozens injured in Australia’s worst rail crash in 30 years today when a huge truck ploughed into a passenger train at a level...
