January 12, 2007 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following article by Bill Miller was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on January 11.) DALLAS — Commuter rail service out of Union Station in Dallas was set to resume for afternoon rush hour after a derailed freight train disrupted rail traffic...
January 11, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Kara Lopp was posted on the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette website on January 11.) WATERLOO, Ind. — A load of soybeans was spilled Wednesday morning when an Amtrak passenger train crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer rig sitting on...
January 11, 2007 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 11.) BOSTON — Federal investigators probing the cause of a fatal commuter train crash have ruled out mechanical problems and are now focusing on human error, officials said. “We’re focusing on...
January 10, 2007 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following article by Raja Mishra and Mac Daniel was posted on the Boston Globe website on January 10.) WOBURN, Mass. — An improperly set track switch sent a commuter train barreling into a repair crew yesterday, killing two workers and injuring four others,...
January 10, 2007 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 10.) WOBURN, Mass. — Transportation officials are investigating why an inbound commuter train was not switched to an alternate track before it slammed into a track maintenance crew on Tuesday,...
January 8, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 7.) WEST MANSFIELD, Ohio — Eight cars from a 20-car train derailed and lay scattered across a field Sunday. There were no injuries. Investigators have not determined what caused the derailment...
January 3, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 2.) DALLAS, Texas — Union Pacific crews have cleared the site of a derailment in the town of West that left five cars off the tracks. Nobody was hurt. UP spokesman Mark Davis told The Associated...
January 3, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Philadelphia television station NBC10 posted the following article on its website on January 2.) LOWER MERION, Pa. — A landslide caused a freight train to derail on a track that runs parallel to the Schuylkill Expressway in Lower Merion Township on Tuesday...
January 2, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following article by Nick Hytrek was posted on the Sioux City Journal website on December 29.) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Union Pacific continued to investigate a rail yard accident in which a 57-year-old Sioux City man was killed Thursday. “The entire...
December 27, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Erin Brooks appeared on the Aiken Today website on December 27.) AIKEN, S.C. — After more than a year of negotiation, Norfolk Southern Railroad and plaintiff’s class counsel have reached an agreement that could provide a settlement for...
