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CSX derailment disrupts freight, passengers

(The following article by Chris Brennaman was posted on Mississippi television station WTOK’s website on January 17.) CUBA, Ala. — A train derailment in Cuba, Ala., disrupted business for a lot of people. A CSX freight train traveling east derailed around noon...

Tiny fault in rail caused wreck

(The following article by Justin McIntosh was posted on the Marietta Times website on January 13.) MARIETTA, Ohio — A dime-size defect in the track went undetected by inspectors only four days prior to the Dec. 19 CSX derailment. That defect caused the early...

Tiny fault in rail caused wreck

(The following article by Justin McIntosh was posted on the Marietta Times website on January 13.) MARIETTA, Ohio — A dime-size defect in the track went undetected by inspectors only four days prior to the Dec. 19 CSX derailment. That defect caused the early...

Tracks inspected shortly before derailment

(The following article by Tom Namako was posted n the Press of Atlantic City website on January 10.) BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, N.J. –There were no foreseeable problems with the train tracks in Milmay that cracked and derailed four coal-carrying cars this weekend,...

Tracks inspected shortly before derailment

(The following article by Tom Namako was posted n the Press of Atlantic City website on January 10.) BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, N.J. –There were no foreseeable problems with the train tracks in Milmay that cracked and derailed four coal-carrying cars this weekend,...

Part of street damaged in train mishap is closed

(The following article was posted on the Indianapolis Star website on January 9.) ALEXANDRIA, Ind. — Part of a street near downtown Alexandria that was damaged in a weekend train derailment will be closed at least until Tuesday. Seven cars, including four...

Part of street damaged in train mishap is closed

(The following article was posted on the Indianapolis Star website on January 9.) ALEXANDRIA, Ind. — Part of a street near downtown Alexandria that was damaged in a weekend train derailment will be closed at least until Tuesday. Seven cars, including four...

Train derails, spills coal on city streets

(The following article by Rachel Leifer was posted on the Hattiesburg American website on January 7.) HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Eight cars in a train hauling coal derailed in downtown Hattiesburg on Friday night, spilling piles of coal along railroad tracks near...

Train derails, spills coal on city streets

(The following article by Rachel Leifer was posted on the Hattiesburg American website on January 7.) HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Eight cars in a train hauling coal derailed in downtown Hattiesburg on Friday night, spilling piles of coal along railroad tracks near...

Graniteville services remember railroad tragedy

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 8.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — More than 100 people turned out for two different memorials Friday, remembering those who were killed during a deadly train derailment one year ago and the workers who...