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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...

Derailment evacuees return

(The following article by Leah Thorsen was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on June 29.) ST. JACOB, Mo. — Roughly 25 hours after being evacuated because of a train derailment, residents of nearby houses got to go home Wednesday. “Thank...

Derailment evacuees return

(The following article by Leah Thorsen was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on June 29.) ST. JACOB, Mo. — Roughly 25 hours after being evacuated because of a train derailment, residents of nearby houses got to go home Wednesday. “Thank...

Train derails in Missouri, forcing evacuations

(The following article by Leah Thorsen and Joel Currier was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on June 28.) ST. JACOB, Mo. — A toxic chemical spill caused by a train derailment Tuesday afternoon near here forced the evacuation of residents from about...

Train derails in Missouri, forcing evacuations

(The following article by Leah Thorsen and Joel Currier was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on June 28.) ST. JACOB, Mo. — A toxic chemical spill caused by a train derailment Tuesday afternoon near here forced the evacuation of residents from about...

Dozen BNSF railcars derailed, no injuries

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 27.) HOUSTON — A dozen railcars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train derailed east of Houston Tuesday, but caused no injuries, a company spokesman said. Joe Faust, a spokesman for Fort...

Dozen BNSF railcars derailed, no injuries

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 27.) HOUSTON — A dozen railcars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train derailed east of Houston Tuesday, but caused no injuries, a company spokesman said. Joe Faust, a spokesman for Fort...