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Most train-fire evacuees return in New Brighton

(The following article by Dan Majors and Gabrielle Banks was posted on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on October 23.) PITTSBURGH — Most of the people living near the scene of Friday night’s fiery train derailment in New Brighton were back in their...

BLET, UP debate cause of Texas derailment

(The following article by Brian Chasnoff, Patrick Driscoll and John Tedesco was posted on the Express-News website on October 20. Terry Briggs is the BLET’s Texas State Legislative Board Chairman.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Union Pacific officials said Thursday that...

BLET, UP debate cause of Texas derailment

(The following article by Brian Chasnoff, Patrick Driscoll and John Tedesco was posted on the Express-News website on October 20. Terry Briggs is the BLET’s Texas State Legislative Board Chairman.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Union Pacific officials said Thursday that...

Chemical spill forces evacuations in Kentucky

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 19.) FULTON, Ky. — A railroad tanker spewing hydrochloric acid forced the evacuation of about 200 homes Thursday as rainfall threatened to pollute the air with toxic fumes in this town along the...

Chemical spill forces evacuations in Kentucky

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 19.) FULTON, Ky. — A railroad tanker spewing hydrochloric acid forced the evacuation of about 200 homes Thursday as rainfall threatened to pollute the air with toxic fumes in this town along the...

Officials demanding answers in UP wreck

(The following article by Brian Chasnoff and Anton Caputo was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on October 18.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Two of the San Antonio area’s highest elected officials are calling for an investigation into a train...

Officials demanding answers in UP wreck

(The following article by Brian Chasnoff and Anton Caputo was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on October 18.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Two of the San Antonio area’s highest elected officials are calling for an investigation into a train...

Train derails, hitting two Texas homes

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 17.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Union Pacific freight train derailed near downtown San Antonio on Tuesday, damaging two houses but causing no injuries, officials said. The 106-car train was carrying...