October 18, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(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...
October 16, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 14.) PAJARO, Calif. — A train worker is dead after a bloody accident on the tracks outside Watsonville. Union Pacific employee Darrell Clyde Thompson was killed Friday morning while conducting...
October 16, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 14.) PAJARO, Calif. — A train worker is dead after a bloody accident on the tracks outside Watsonville. Union Pacific employee Darrell Clyde Thompson was killed Friday morning while conducting...
October 13, 2006 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Danielle Furfaro was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on October 13.) SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — A stretch of Altamont Avenue was shut down for more than seven hours Thursday after a freight train derailed in the city, spilling tons of...
October 13, 2006 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Danielle Furfaro was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on October 13.) SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — A stretch of Altamont Avenue was shut down for more than seven hours Thursday after a freight train derailed in the city, spilling tons of...
October 10, 2006 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 9.) THORSBY, Ala. — A CSX train collided with a log truck Monday morning, overturning the truck’s trailer and causing some of the logs to spill onto U.S. Highway 31. Officials indicated the...
October 10, 2006 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 9.) THORSBY, Ala. — A CSX train collided with a log truck Monday morning, overturning the truck’s trailer and causing some of the logs to spill onto U.S. Highway 31. Officials indicated the...
October 9, 2006 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following on October 7.) ST. JACOB, Ill. — CSX Transportation (CSX) investigators reported that the June 27 derailment of a freight train at St. Jacob, Ill., was caused by a coupler retainer plate that failed. The...
October 9, 2006 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following on October 7.) ST. JACOB, Ill. — CSX Transportation (CSX) investigators reported that the June 27 derailment of a freight train at St. Jacob, Ill., was caused by a coupler retainer plate that failed. The...
October 6, 2006 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following article by Allan Brettman was posted on the Oregonian website on October 6.) VANCOUVER — Work crews righted two rail cars early Thursday morning that derailed a day earlier, taking special care with a tanker car containing a highly flammable...