February 15, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Sacramento Bee, February 12, 2024) A Union Pacific train carrying 118 tons of coal derailed Sunday due to a track defect and dumped its contents into and around Plumas County’s Feather River, according to railroad officials and the California Department of...
February 15, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Clinton Herald, February 10, 2024) No one was injured when a train derailed Friday in the Union Pacific rail yard at South 23rd Street and Liberty Avenue, spilling 1,000 to 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel. According to a release from the City of Clinton, the...
February 15, 2024 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: News Channel Nebraska, February 9, 2024) Hall County Emergency Management has confirmed there are no injuries after 57 BNSF train cars loaded with coal derailed near Cairo early Friday morning. Full story: News Channel Nebraska
February 15, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains.com, February 11, 2024) Fourteen cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed early Saturday morning near the town of Aurora, leading to a leak of molten sulfur from one car. No injuries were reported. Full story: Trains.com
February 5, 2024 | Derailment, Fatality, FRA, Legislation, News, NS, Railroad Safety
On January 25, 2024, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced a final rule requiring railroads to provide emergency escape breathing apparatuses to train crew members who work on hazardous materials trains. The FRA press release announcing the final rule...
November 29, 2023 | CSX, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, November 27, 2023) CSX says a failed wheel bearing caused the Nov. 22 derailment that led to an evacuation of residents in Livingston, Ky., on Thanksgiving. In a statement, the railroad said it has completed the removal of all 16 railcars involved...
November 22, 2023 | Derailment, FRA, Headlines, Weather
(Source: Railway Age, November 21, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released a safety advisory recommending six actions that railroads take “to reduce weather-related accidents/incidents and improve the efficiency of the national rail network during...
November 21, 2023 | BNSF, Canada, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: CBC.ca, November 19, 2023) Canada’s Transportation Safety Board says it is sending an investigator to probe a train collision and derailment in Metro Vancouver, while a spokesperson for the company says no one was injured and there’s no threat to...
October 20, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, News
A truck driver was killed in this October 16 BNSF derailment in Pueblo, Colorado.Photo: Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office _______________________ Rail safety laws are receiving renewed attention after a truck driver was killed in a BNSF derailment near Pueblo,...
October 18, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 17, 2023) A broken rail caused a train derailment that collapsed a bridge over an interstate highway in Colorado, killing a truck driver and blocking the road for days, federal authorities said Tuesday based on their preliminary...
