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Illinois train derailment probed

(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on November 25.) CHICAGO — Federal Railroad Administration investigators are trying to determine how a Canadian National Railways freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed Tuesday evening...

Tons of corn spills as train derails in Montana

(The following article by Becky Shay was posted on the Billings Gazette website on November 27.) LAUREL, Mont. — A train derailed early Saturday and spilled tons of corn across East Main Street. By mid-morning, crews had cleared the road, which was blocked by...

Derailed train cars are moved

(The following article by Charles McChesney was posted on the Syracuse Post-Standard website on November 22.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The emergency at the CSX train derailment near Central Square is over, according to Terry Bennett, emergency services coordinator for...

Official: No danger from derailment

(The following article by Samanth Perry was posted on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on November 21.) NEMOURS, W.Va. — A Norfolk Southern rail line is expected to be back on track and a local road reopened today after clean-up operations are complete from...

Train carrying chemicals derails in N.Y.

(The following article by Maureen Nolan and Diana LaMattina was posted on the Syracuse Post-Standard website on November 20.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A CSX freight train derailed Saturday in Central Square, leaving six tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals neatly...

CSX cites faulty axle in derailment of train

(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on November 12.) ALBANY, N.Y. — An overheated axle part on one car triggered the derailment of a CSX freight train in Amsterdam on Oct. 12, the freight railroad announced on...

BNSF derailment still under investigation

(The following article by Cameron Mathews was posted on the Fort Morgan Times website on November 14.) FORT MORGAN, Colo. — The 23-coal car derailment of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train carrying 128 coal cars that occurred Saturday night is still...

Workers unload chlorine from damaged rail car

(The following article by Cadonna Peyton was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on November 13.) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Union Pacific Railroad workers on Saturday unloaded chlorine from a damaged train car to prepare it for transport, fire officials said....

BNSF freight trains collide

(The following story by Larry Kershner appeared on the Mt. Pleasant News website on November 10.) MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — Mt. Pleasant resident Greg Watson reported this morning from the Amtrak depot station in Fort Madison that two freight trains had collided in...

CSX locomotive loses wheel

(The Seymour Daily Tribune posted the following article on its website on November 11.) SEYMOUR, Ind. — A CSX Transportation locomotive being hauled through Seymour Wednesday morning appears to have lost one wheel off the tracks as it pulled through a spur...