February 22, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 22.) GOSHEN, Ind. — An eastbound Norfolk Southern train derailed Wednesday and struck the side of a westbound train, causing diesel fuel to leak from the locomotives in northern Indiana,...
February 15, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 14.) WALLED LAKE, Mich. — A passenger train carrying Valentine’s Day diners derailed in snowy weather Wednesday night, police said. No injuries were reported. Four of the Michigan Star Clipper...
February 15, 2007 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The Aberdeen American News posted the following article on its website on February 14.) ABERDEEN, S.D. — No one was injured when two Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway locomotives derailed at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. Gus Melonas, regional director of public affairs...
February 8, 2007 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following article by William Neuman was posted on the New York Times website on February 8.) NEW YORK — Several hundred passengers aboard a Metro-North train were stranded for about an hour yesterday morning, after it jumped the tracks as it was pulling...
February 7, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Kelly L. Holleran was posted on the Charleston Daily Mail website on February 7.) CHARLESTON, WVa. — About 300 residents were allowed to return home Tuesday afternoon after the threat of hazardous chemicals from an early morning train...
February 6, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, KCS
(The following article by Brian Livingston was posted on the Meridian Star website on February 6.) MERIDIAN, Miss. — Second minor derailment in three weeks blocks streets. Motorists traveling through Meridian in the A and B Street areas and on North and South...
February 6, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 6.) HANDLEY, W.Va. — Train cars containing chemicals derailed Tuesday near this small West Virginia town, and authorities were evacuating people from their homes as a precaution, emergency...
February 5, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Nick Wilson was posted on the San Luis Obispo Tribune website on February 3.) ATASCADERO, Calif. — An Amtrak derailment Friday night was expected to delay more than 220 passengers for at least 31?2 hours, a company spokesman said. The...
January 31, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The following story by Tommy Campbell of The Choctaw Sun appeared on the Meridian Star website on January 31.) YANTLEY, Ala. — A freight train parked at the Concord Road crossing on the Meridian and Bigbee’s line in Yantley unexpectedly began to move in the...
January 26, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Charles Hack appeared on the Jersey Journal website on January 26.) NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — A northbound freight train derailed just north of the Paterson Plank Road rail bridge on the Conrail tracks near Tonnelle Avenue around 7:30 a.m....
