December 18, 2018 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: National Public Radio, December 18, 2018) CHICAGO — Two Chicago police officers were killed by a train while pursuing a suspect along railroad tracks on the city’s far South Side on Monday. The officers were hit by a Metra commuter train shortly after 6...
November 9, 2018 | Accident, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Division (BMWED) press release, November 8, 2018) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — On November 3rd, 2018 we lost a beloved Brother in the line of duty. Brother Omar Solis was a member of BMWED ICGF Local Lodge 0469. Brother Solis will be...
October 26, 2018 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, October 21, 2018) TAIPEI — Eighteen people died and 175 were injured when a train derailed in northeastern Taiwan on Sunday, authorities said, in the island’s worst rail disaster in more than three decades. Full story:...
October 8, 2018 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: CBS Denver, October 6, 2018) DENVER — The body of Union Pacific engineer Jason Martinez was recovered Friday night at the scene of a train collision that killed a conductor and injured two other crew members. Martinez, an employee of the railroad for 12...
September 7, 2018 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, September 6, 2018) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Yesterday, we lost a beloved brother in a tragic accident on a railroad bridge near Baldwin, La. Brother Joshua Crocram, BMWED AT&SFF Local Lodge...
August 22, 2018 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Dallas Morning News, August 16, 2018) DALLAS — A railroad employee died after being pinned under a rail car’s wheel early Monday in South Dallas, officials said. A spokesman for Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad Inc. said in a written...
March 8, 2018 | Accident, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Fresno Bee, March 7, 2018) FRESNO, Calif. — A Fresno ironworker at a high-speed rail construction site in Madera County was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when a steel rebar structure on which he was working fell over on him. Full story: Fresno...
January 18, 2017 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Rapid City Journal, January 18, 2017) EDGEMONT, S.D. — Two BNSF Railway employees died after being struck by a train Tuesday morning in Edgemont, according to a representative of the company. The incident happened around 10:15 a.m., said a BNSF spokeswoman,...
January 13, 2017 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: SFGate, January 12, 2017) OAKLAND, Calif. — Two members of longtime Oakland rhythm and blues band Tower of Power were hit by a train in Oakland near Jack London Square on Thursday night minutes before a scheduled show at Yoshi’s. Longtime drummer David...
January 4, 2017 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: WTOP, January 4, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty years ago, an Amtrak bound for D.C. from Boston collided with a Conrail train that had crossed into its path in Baltimore County. Sixteen people were killed in the Chase, Maryland, crash. Another 174 were...
