March 12, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 12.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — A train derailment in central New York has forced the evacuation of downtown Oneida. The derailment caused an explosion that sent a huge fireball into the dawn sky and left...
March 12, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 12.) MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. — A train car filled with flour that was bound for Illinois left the track Sunday, damaging rails and intersections but causing no reported injuries, police said. One car...
March 8, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article by Jason Meisner and Dan P. Blake was posted on the Chciago Tribune website on March 8.) CHICAGO — Metra was forced to cancel a Southwest Service train scheduled to head into Chicago this morning after seven people suffered minor injuries...
March 5, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 4.) CHANDLER, Texas — Twenty-eight cars of a Union Pacific train derailed Sunday afternoon just west of the Neches River in Henderson County. No injuries were reported but some nearby homes were...
March 5, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 4.) BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Eight cars of a CSX freight train derailed in Beaver County on Saturday night, but none of the cars were carrying hazardous material and no injuries were reported, company...
February 26, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Patrick Flanigan was posted on the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle website on February 26.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Investigators with CSX Corp. are trying to determine why two boxcars on a 40-car train left the tracks in Riga on Sunday....
February 26, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Timothy J. Gibbons was posted on the Florida Times-Union website on February 24.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Anna Garcia was drifting off to sleep when she heard the train. It began with the usual noises, noises she was used to: Living just a...
February 23, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 22.) EAST ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A preliminary report by CSX blamed a broken rail for a train derailment that sent freight cars toppling from an overpass and onto front yards, East Rochester Mayor...
February 23, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 22.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A railroad car spilled 300 to 500 pounds of phosphate pellets Thursday when an axle broke as it was being moved into a railyard behind the University of Tennessee. The...
February 22, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The Goshen News posted the following article on its website on February 22.) GOSHEN, Ind. — Two freight trains derailed in Goshen Wednesday afternoon slightly injuring a crew member and closing down the tracks and crossings. Eastbound and westbound trains...
