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Train derails in Okla.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 13.) MOORE, Okla. — Moore fire officials say a train engine derailed today, blocking three major railroad crossing during rush hour. Burlington Northern spokesman Joe Faust says the lead...

Railroad worker dies in Tacoma rail yard

(The following article by Paul Sand was posted on the Tacoma News Tribune website on February 8.) TACOMA, Wash. — A Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway worker died today in a Tacoma rail yard, a company spokesman said. The man was killed as he helped put a...

Railroad worker dies in Tacoma rail yard

(The following article by Paul Sand was posted on the Tacoma News Tribune website on February 8.) TACOMA, Wash. — A Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway worker died today in a Tacoma rail yard, a company spokesman said. The man was killed as he helped put a...

Coal train hits truck parked on tracks in N.D.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 7.) BISMARCK, N.D. — A coal train hit a furniture delivery truck, part of which was on the tracks, at a downtown crossing Monday. No one was injured, but a power pole was snapped off, closing a...

Coal train hits truck parked on tracks in N.D.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 7.) BISMARCK, N.D. — A coal train hit a furniture delivery truck, part of which was on the tracks, at a downtown crossing Monday. No one was injured, but a power pole was snapped off, closing a...

CP Rail coal train derails in B.C.

(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on February 2.) CRANBROOK, B.C. — A CP Rail train carrying coal derailed yesterday in southeastern B.C. Railway spokesman Ed Greenburg said the 115-car train was carrying coal to Golden when 21 railcars...

CP Rail coal train derails in B.C.

(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on February 2.) CRANBROOK, B.C. — A CP Rail train carrying coal derailed yesterday in southeastern B.C. Railway spokesman Ed Greenburg said the 115-car train was carrying coal to Golden when 21 railcars...

More than three dozen cars derail

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 1.) TIMPSON, Texas — Nobody has been hurt in a derailment in East Texas that led to more than three dozen cars jumping the tracks. Union Pacific is trying to determine what prompted the...