December 19, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The following article by Micah Sturr was posted on the Laramie Boomerang website on December 16.) LARAMIE, Wyo. — Eight railroad cars from a Union Pacific train derailed at the Laramie train yard Thursday night. No one was injured in the derailment and no...
December 16, 2005 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 16.) LOS ANGELES — Another dozen lawsuits were filed Thursday against Metrolink over the January commuter train derailment that killed 11 people and injured more than 180 after a man apparently...
December 16, 2005 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 15.) DENVER — Passengers aboard an Amtrak California Zephyr that partially derailed in southeastern Utah yesterday are in Denver, making a brief stop on their way to Chicago. The Zephyr normally...
December 15, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Jack Moran was posted on the Register-Guard website on December 13.) EUGENE, Ore. — A Roseburg-based railroad carrier has two years to implement a maintenance and inspection plan aimed at eliminating track defects that have caused at...
December 15, 2005 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 14.) SALT LAKE CITY — An Amtrak train collided with a semitrailer on Wednesday in southeastern Utah, killing the truck driver and injuring several Amtrak passengers, authorities said. The...
December 8, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The following story by Hanneke Brooymans and James Baxter appeared on The Edmonton Journal website on December 8.) EDMONTON — CN Rail has offered up to $5,000 apiece to homeowners around Wabamun Lake — the first time in its history the railway has offered...
December 1, 2005 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article by Alex Nussbaum was posted on the Bergen Record website on December 1.) BERGEN, N.J. — The cleanup of last weekend’s diesel spill on the Hackensack River could be finished in four or five days, state environmental officials...
November 29, 2005 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article by Alex Nussbaum was posted on the Bergen Record website on November 29.) BERGEN, N.J. — Workers hosed diesel fuel off the banks of the Hackensack River and scoured the waterline for signs of contamination Monday as the cleanup continued...
November 28, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 28.) RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — Nearly 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Hackensack River this weekend after a parked locomotive sprang a leak. The spill caused an oil slick that spread...
November 28, 2005 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article by Maureen O’Donnell was posted on the Chicago Sun Times website on November 28.) CHICAGO — A Department of Homeland Security camera may play a key role in probing last week’s Metra train accident in Elmwood Park. Images from the...
