March 26, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Don Hopey appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on March 24.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Criminal charges have been filed against the engineer of a speeding freight train that derailed going down a treacherous stretch of track off Keating...
March 21, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article by Gregory Richards on its website on March 21.) SUFFOLK, Va. — Trains began rumbling through here at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a coal train derailed near Suffolk Golf Course. The mishap dumped...
March 20, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article by Eric Anderson was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on March 20.) SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Amtrak plans to run its first through-trains between Albany and Syracuse today, eight days after a CSX freight train derailed and exploded in...
March 20, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Larissa Van Beurden-Doust was posted on the San Luis Obispo Tribune website on March 20.) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Passengers on Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner train were unable to board and instead took buses Monday to Southern California...
March 19, 2007 | Accident, FRA, Headlines
ALBANY, N.Y. — Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Boardman plans to be at the Albany Amtrak station today to announce plans to improve rail safety in New York state. The plans will include use of a federal track inspection vehicle to check for rail flaws from...
March 19, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Leeanne Root appeared on the Oneida Daily Dispatch website on March 18.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — The cleanup and removal of derailed CSX train cars is nearing completion and officials say the track should be back in use soon. “The track sections...
March 16, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The San Antonio Express-News posted the following article on its website on March 15.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Citing an “alarming” number of train incidents over the past three years in Bexar County, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee...
March 14, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 13.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — Firefighters emptied three derailed CSX fuel tankers into a pit Tuesday and set the fuel ablaze to help clear the scene so federal officials can begin their investigation into...
March 13, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(Gannett News Service circulated the following article on March 13.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — A detailed investigation into what caused Monday’s train derailment and explosion could take up to 18 months, but authorities said they may have some answers by the end of the...
March 13, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Fernanda Santos and Anahad O’Connor was posted on the New York Times website on March 13.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — A freight train carrying liquid propane derailed yesterday in a rural section of central New York State, and the accident was...
