November 9, 2005 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 9.) FORT HOOD, Texas — Military officials will investigate what led to eleven Army tanks bound for Iraq being damaged in a railway accident. Fort Hood officials say brake failure is suspected in...
November 8, 2005 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The State posted the following article on its website on November 7.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three Prosperity railroad crossings that were blocked Sunday after a CSX train derailed have been reopened to motorists, Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said this morning....
November 7, 2005 | Accident, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 6.) DILLON, Mont. — Cleanup continued here Saturday at the site of a train derailment that happened two days earlier, sending 10 cars off the tracks and leading to the evacuation of a house and...
November 7, 2005 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Allyson Bird appeared on The State website on November 7.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A sleepy Sunday afternoon in Prosperity turned into a jumble of traffic reroutes and flashes of red railroad-crossing lights after a CSX train derailed there. CSX...
November 4, 2005 | Accident, CN, Headlines
(The following article by Mark Hume was posted on the Globe and Mail website on November 4.) VANCOUVER — Just days after CN Rail promised to do a better job in response to two derailments in the Squamish area, another CN train ran off the tracks yesterday, this...
October 28, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Matthew Rink was posted on the Massillon Independent website on October 27.) MASSILLON, Ohio — Hazardous material crews spent Thursday cleaning up a flammable chemical following a train derailment in Perry Township. Eight cars in the...
October 26, 2005 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following article by Jim Gransbery was posted on the Billings Gazette website on October 26.) BILLINGS, Mont. — When a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train derailed while passing through Worden early Saturday, it tore out about a half-mile of track on...
October 25, 2005 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 25.) GLENDALE, Calif. — A Metrolink commuter train slammed into a tractor-trailer rig Monday night, injuring at least seven people, officials said. Four passengers on the train and the truck...
October 25, 2005 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Huntsville Times posted the following article on its website on October 25.) DECATUR, Ala. — Eight freight cars of a CSX train derailed Monday at the south end of the railroad bridge over the Tennessee River. No one was injured. The derailment occurred...
October 24, 2005 | Accident, BNSF, Headlines
(The following article by Becky Shay was posted on the Billings Gazette website on October 23.) BILLINGS, Mont. — Forty-three railcars loaded with soybeans derailed at Worden about 1 a.m. Saturday. The wreckage was contained to rights-of-way along the railroad...
