May 3, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Jay Reeves on May 3.) MYRTLEWOOD, Ala. — A freight train carrying segments of the space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters derailed Wednesday after a bridge collapsed, authorities said. Six people aboard the...
May 3, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Reuters circulated the following story by Verna Gates on May 2.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Union Pacific train carrying space shuttle rocket booster parts to Florida derailed in Alabama on Wednesday, but the accident will not affect the next space shuttle launch, a NASA...
May 3, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, Remote Control
(The following report by Tim Doulin appeared on the Columbus Dispatch website on May 3. Tim Hanely is Chairman of the Ohio State Legislative Board.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — A derailment at a Columbus rail yard last week set in motion a heated debate between railroad...
April 26, 2007 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following report appeared at InsideBayArea.com on April 25.) RICHMOND, Calif. — Contra Costa County and city of Richmond hazardous materials experts are in the process of pumping between 4,000 and 5,000 gallons of gasoline out of an overturned big-rig tanker that...
April 26, 2007 | Accident, CP, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on April 26.) VANCOUVER — Investigators are checking the braking systems of every rail car and locomotive involved in the deadly CP Rail accident in Trail, B.C., earlier this week. Dan Holbrook with the Transportation...
April 26, 2007 | Accident, CP, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story by Terri Theodore on April 25. Lonnie M. Plasko was a member of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.) VANCOUVER — The family of a CP Rail engineer who stayed at the controls of a racing train say he died a hero, saving...
April 25, 2007 | Accident, CP, Headlines
(The following story by Matthew Ramsey appeared on The Province website on April 25.) VANCOUVER — The search for a missing CP Rail engineer ended late yesterday afternoon with the discovery of his body underneath a derailed locomotive in Trail. CP spokesman Mark...
April 18, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Phillip Yates appeared on the Amarillo Globe-News website on April 18.) AMARILLO, Texas — A Union Pacific railroad tanker derailed Tuesday morning and fell down an embankment, leaking 75 to 100 gallons of sulfuric acid, a company spokesman...
April 16, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, the Rocky Mountain News published a 34-part series of articles by Kevin Vaughan about the worst traffic accident in the history of Colorado. At 7:59 a.m. on Dec. 14, 1961, a Union Pacific high-speed passenger train smashed into a...
April 13, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Kevin Cole appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on April 13.) OMAHA — A Union Pacific train carrying several executives and guests, including company President Jim Young, was involved in a noninjury accident Wednesday near Scottsbluff....
