October 24, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following article by Erika Ray was posted on the Toledo Blade website on October 22.) TOLEDO, Ohio — A 40-car eastbound train en route to Morrisville, Pa., was on the same track as a 56-car westbound train headed for Chicago when they collided about 2:45...
October 21, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The Toledo Blade posted the following article on its website on October 20.) TOLEDO, Ohio — A Norfolk Southern train derailment snarled Toledo train traffic throughout the day yesterday, delaying several Amtrak passenger trains for hours. No one was hurt and no...
October 18, 2005 | Accident, CP, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 17.) BISMARCK, N.D. — For Tom Lundeen and his family, the deadly white mist that enveloped much of their city nearly four years ago has in a sense never really dissipated. The cloud of farm...
October 18, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Juli Probasco-Sowers was posted on the Des Moines Register website on October 18.) DES MOINES, Iowa — A train derailment Sunday afternoon about 18 miles south of Decorah along U.S. Highway 52, spilled approximately 98,000 bushels of...
October 18, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 17.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A weekend fire destroyed a wooden bridge along the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern railroad’s main line near Midland in western South Dakota and 11 cars went off the...
October 17, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 17.) TEXARKANA, Ark. — Crews repaired a rail line Sunday that was damaged when a railroad tank car containing a volatile chemical exploded the day before, killing a woman in her home. The...
October 14, 2005 | Accident, Headlines
(The following article by Mike Goodwin was posted on the Albany Times Union website on October 14.) AMSTERDAM, N.Y. — Freight and passenger rail service resumed Thursday as the investigation continued into what caused an eastbound CSX freight train to derail the...
October 14, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Jessica Gardner was posted on the Times Herald-Record website on October 14.) SHOHOLA, Pa. — A freight train broke apart in three locations along train tracks nestled next to the Delaware River shortly after noon yesterday. At least...
October 14, 2005 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 13.) OAKRIDGE, Ore. — Five lumber cars and two helper engines on a Union Pacific freight train derailed near Oakridge Wednesday night, tearing up 200 feet of track. Railroad spokesman Mark Davis...
October 13, 2005 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Mike Goodwin and Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on October 13.) AMSTERDAM, N.Y. — A CSX freight train derailed in this city’s downtown Wednesday morning, sending 18 cars off the tracks including one...
