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Gas train derails in Pa.; homes evacuated

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 6.) HERSHEY, Pa. — Nearly a dozen homes were evacuated after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying chlorine gas derailed. Officials reported no injuries and no hazardous leaks but said Thursday...

Gas train derails in Pa.; homes evacuated

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 6.) HERSHEY, Pa. — Nearly a dozen homes were evacuated after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying chlorine gas derailed. Officials reported no injuries and no hazardous leaks but said Thursday...

Toxin fears are groundless after Tucson derailment

(The following article by Carol Ann Alaimo was posted on the Arizona Daily Star website on July 2.) TUCSON, Ariz. — A Saturday night train derailment on Tucson’s Southeast Side ended without serious incident after initial concerns that toxic substances may...

Toxin fears are groundless after Tucson derailment

(The following article by Carol Ann Alaimo was posted on the Arizona Daily Star website on July 2.) TUCSON, Ariz. — A Saturday night train derailment on Tucson’s Southeast Side ended without serious incident after initial concerns that toxic substances may...

Train headed for Alberta derails in Minnesota

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 2.) ELBOW LAKE, Minn. — Crews on Saturday were cleaning up and doing repair work after a Canadian Pacific train derailment in this west-central Minnesota town. Railroad spokeswoman Laura Baenen said...

Train headed for Alberta derails in Minnesota

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 2.) ELBOW LAKE, Minn. — Crews on Saturday were cleaning up and doing repair work after a Canadian Pacific train derailment in this west-central Minnesota town. Railroad spokeswoman Laura Baenen said...

Train cars derail in Mont.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 3.) HELENA, Mont. — Eight empty cars in a Montana Rail Link train derailed west of Helena, with half of them falling off a trestle onto the ground below. The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s...

Train cars derail in Mont.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 3.) HELENA, Mont. — Eight empty cars in a Montana Rail Link train derailed west of Helena, with half of them falling off a trestle onto the ground below. The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s...

Two dead, one injured in B.C. train derailment

(The following report appeared at CTV.ca on June 30.) Two CN Rail crew members are dead and a third has been taken to hospital for treatment of injuries resulting from a train derailment in B.C.’s Fraser Valley. The train went off the tracks in B.C.’s...