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Freight train derails; No leak or injuries

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 15.) MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. — No one was injured and there was no hazardous material spill when a CSX freight train derailed early Friday near Marriottsville, a company spokesman said. The train...

Derailed train cars still on street

(The New Orleans Times-Picayune posted the following article on its website on December 14.) NEW ORLEANS — Plaquemines Parish officials are still trying to remove several railroad cars that derailed onto a Belle Chasse street Wednesday afternoon. Col. Charles...

Derailed train cars still on street

(The New Orleans Times-Picayune posted the following article on its website on December 14.) NEW ORLEANS — Plaquemines Parish officials are still trying to remove several railroad cars that derailed onto a Belle Chasse street Wednesday afternoon. Col. Charles...

Boxcar plunges off rail bridge

(The following article by Vanessa Thomas was posted on the Buffalo News website on December 11.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — A CSX freight train carrying cans of mixed vegetables – derailed in Cheektowaga on Sunday morning, sending one boxcar tottering over the edge...

Boxcar plunges off rail bridge

(The following article by Vanessa Thomas was posted on the Buffalo News website on December 11.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — A CSX freight train carrying cans of mixed vegetables – derailed in Cheektowaga on Sunday morning, sending one boxcar tottering over the edge...

Railroad stretch reopen after derailment

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 6.) CHRISTOPHER, Ill. — A stretch of Union Pacific railroad in southern Illinois reopened Tuesday, a day after a freight train derailed and spilled 20,000 gallons of chemicals. Crews reopened the...

Railroad stretch reopen after derailment

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 6.) CHRISTOPHER, Ill. — A stretch of Union Pacific railroad in southern Illinois reopened Tuesday, a day after a freight train derailed and spilled 20,000 gallons of chemicals. Crews reopened the...

Illinois freight train derailment causes evacuations

(Reuters circulated the following article on December 4.) CHICAGO — Two locomotives and 21 cars of a Union Pacific Railroad freight train derailed in southern Illinois on Monday, spilling a chemical that forced the evacuation of about 75 homes in bitterly cold...

Illinois freight train derailment causes evacuations

(Reuters circulated the following article on December 4.) CHICAGO — Two locomotives and 21 cars of a Union Pacific Railroad freight train derailed in southern Illinois on Monday, spilling a chemical that forced the evacuation of about 75 homes in bitterly cold...

Worker killed by train in Va.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 30.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A train headed to a rail yard struck two track inspectors Thursday, killing one and critically injuring the other, officials said. Metrorail, the Washington area’s...