September 19, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following article by Robin Brown was posted on the News Journal website on September 18.) DOVER, Del. — Authorities said today that criminal mischief or a simple mishap may be to blame in a weekend rail accident. Two cars of a Norfolk Southern Corp. freight...
September 15, 2006 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 14.) SALEM, Ill. — About 100 people were evacuated in southern Illinois after a freight train derailed Thursday, including three tankers carrying chemicals, officials said. The tankers were...
September 15, 2006 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 14.) SALEM, Ill. — About 100 people were evacuated in southern Illinois after a freight train derailed Thursday, including three tankers carrying chemicals, officials said. The tankers were...
September 13, 2006 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Newsday posted the following article on its website on September 13.) NEW YORK — An empty Long Island Rail Road train heading into a storage yard derailed Tuesday morning when one set of wheels on the lead car came off the track, a LIRR spokesman said. There...
September 13, 2006 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Newsday posted the following article on its website on September 13.) NEW YORK — An empty Long Island Rail Road train heading into a storage yard derailed Tuesday morning when one set of wheels on the lead car came off the track, a LIRR spokesman said. There...
September 13, 2006 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article by Denise Hollinshed was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on September 12.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Family members said Mardie Oden had found his dream job as a switchman with Alton & Southern Railway six months ago, but it...
September 13, 2006 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article by Denise Hollinshed was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on September 12.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Family members said Mardie Oden had found his dream job as a switchman with Alton & Southern Railway six months ago, but it...
September 12, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The Cincinnati Enquirer posted the following article on its website on September 11.) PLEASANT RIDGE, Ohio — A railroad employee who discovered a minor hazardous material leak from a train car this morning was transported to University Hospital for a possible...
September 12, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The Cincinnati Enquirer posted the following article on its website on September 11.) PLEASANT RIDGE, Ohio — A railroad employee who discovered a minor hazardous material leak from a train car this morning was transported to University Hospital for a possible...
September 12, 2006 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The Hutchinson News posted the following article on its website on Sept 12.) HUTCHINSON, Kansas — The cause of a minor train derailment at the ADM elevator on Halstead Street that blocked the road for much of the day Monday has not been determined. “Two...
