May 24, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following report appeared on the News-Gazette website on May 23.) TUSCOLA, Ill. — A railroad employee was listed in critical condition this morning after a railroad accident in Tuscola on Monday. According to James Barnes, director of media information for the...
May 16, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Marie Szaniszlo appeared on the Boston Herald website on May 16.) BOSTON — The family of an Amtrak employee who died of an apparent heart attack this month when a Boston-bound train hit a forklift yesterday called for answers to questions...
May 14, 2007 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following on May 12.) SAINT-ANDRÉ, N.B. — Officials with Canadian National Railway insist their program to improve rail safety is on track, despite a train wreck in New Brunswick that forced about 100 people to temporarily leave...
May 10, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Nick Bonham appeared on The Pueblo Chieftain website on May 10.) PUEBLO, Colo. — A 30-car Union Pacific work train hauling rocks derailed a few miles east of Pueblo on Wednesday morning. Nobody was injured in the 9:53 a.m. accident that...
May 8, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by George Hohmann appeared on the Charleston Daily Mail website on May 8.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The CSX brakeman injured at the Union Carbide plant in South Charleston suffered an amputated leg, a Federal Railroad Administration spokesman said....
May 4, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Lucinda Coulter appeared on the Tuscaloosa News website on May 4.) MYRTLEWOOD, Ala. — More than 50 federal, state and railroad representatives gathered in the swampy marshland Thursday to begin an investigation into why a railroad trestle...
May 4, 2007 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 3.) NEW YORK — Maintenance and construction work on subway tracks will resume Friday after a four-day suspension following the deaths of two transit employees killed on the job, transit officials said. During the...
May 4, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following report appeared on Charleston television station WOWK’s website on May 4.) SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An early morning accident on Blaine Island in South Charleston left one man injured and in danger of losing one of his legs. The accident occurred...
May 4, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Andrew Ryan and John R. Ellement appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 3.) BOSTON — An Amtrak flagman working at a construction site died apparently of a heart attack overnight after a train hit a piece of equipment that was on the wrong...
May 3, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 3.) BOSTON — An Amtrak employee suffered an apparent heart attack and later died after a train struck a piece of construction equipment in Boston this morning. Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole says the Albany-to-Boston...
