March 16, 2006 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article was posted on Washington, D.C. television station NBC4’s website on March 16.) MANASSAS, Va. — Crews in Prince William County are cleaning up a train derailment in Manassas this afternoon. Four cars from a Norfolk Southern freight train...
March 15, 2006 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 15.) DU QUOIN, Ill. — Dozens of homes have been evacuated in southern Illinois after a train carrying sulfuric acid derailed in Perry County. The derailment happened early this morning about a mile...
March 15, 2006 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 15.) DU QUOIN, Ill. — Dozens of homes have been evacuated in southern Illinois after a train carrying sulfuric acid derailed in Perry County. The derailment happened early this morning about a mile...
March 15, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The News Journal posted the following article by Terri Sanginiti on its website on March 15.) WILMINGTON, Del. — State environmental regulators were notified shortly after four railroad cars carrying potentially hazardous chlorine gas derailed at DuPont...
March 15, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The News Journal posted the following article by Terri Sanginiti on its website on March 15.) WILMINGTON, Del. — State environmental regulators were notified shortly after four railroad cars carrying potentially hazardous chlorine gas derailed at DuPont...
March 14, 2006 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(WCBS-TV New York posted the following article on its website on March 14.) NEW YORK — There are 30-45 minute delays on NJ Transit in and out of Penn Station, after two trains reportedly brushed up against one another. The two trains came in contact at around...
March 14, 2006 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(WCBS-TV New York posted the following article on its website on March 14.) NEW YORK — There are 30-45 minute delays on NJ Transit in and out of Penn Station, after two trains reportedly brushed up against one another. The two trains came in contact at around...
March 13, 2006 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 12.) RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — The state is considering penalties against a rail operator here for a fuel oil spill that dumped as much as 1,000 gallons into the Hackensack River last year. State...
March 13, 2006 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 12.) RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — The state is considering penalties against a rail operator here for a fuel oil spill that dumped as much as 1,000 gallons into the Hackensack River last year. State...
March 13, 2006 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 13.) MAPLETON, N.D. — About 20 cars of an eastbound BNSF freight train derailed near here early Monday, but no one was hurt and the cars remained upright, authorities said. “They’re...
