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Boxcar plunges off rail bridge

(The following article by Vanessa Thomas was posted on the Buffalo News website on December 11.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — A CSX freight train carrying cans of mixed vegetables – derailed in Cheektowaga on Sunday morning, sending one boxcar tottering over the edge...

Loose chain hit switch, caused fluke train wreck

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 3.) NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — A loose chain dragging from an empty railroad car became entangled with a switch handle on the tracks, derailing a train and injuring three people, according to a...

Loose chain hit switch, caused fluke train wreck

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 3.) NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — A loose chain dragging from an empty railroad car became entangled with a switch handle on the tracks, derailing a train and injuring three people, according to a...

Second train derails in Ashtabula

(The following article by Shelley Terry was posted on the Ashtabula Star Beacon website on December 1.) ASHTABULA, Ohio — Seven CSX railroad freight cars derailed early Wednesday under the West Avenue overpass, in the vicinity of West 30th Street and Griswold...

Second train derails in Ashtabula

(The following article by Shelley Terry was posted on the Ashtabula Star Beacon website on December 1.) ASHTABULA, Ohio — Seven CSX railroad freight cars derailed early Wednesday under the West Avenue overpass, in the vicinity of West 30th Street and Griswold...

Train derails, strikes cars

(The following article by Jill Gosche was posted on the Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune website on December 1.) NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — A CSX train derailed, crashed into another train and injured drivers waiting at railroad tracks in downtown North Baltimore Thursday...

Train derails, strikes cars

(The following article by Jill Gosche was posted on the Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune website on December 1.) NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — A CSX train derailed, crashed into another train and injured drivers waiting at railroad tracks in downtown North Baltimore Thursday...

This train is a hands-on experience, Krauss discovers

(The following article by J.H. Osborne was posted on the Kingsport Times News website on November 18.) ABOARD THE SANTA CLAUS SPECIAL — Some jobs just call for your bare hands. So, the gloves came off early Saturday morning for Alison Krauss. The Grammy...