July 3, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, June 30, 2023) Nearly a week after a bridge collapsed over the Yellowstone River at Reed Point, Mont., sending rail cars into the water below, the cleanup is well underway. But it’s still unclear just how long Montana Rail...
June 21, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Politico, June 20, 2023) Four months after a Norfolk Southern train carrying a toxic cocktail of hazardous materials derailed there, East Palestine, Ohio, is back in the news. Chemical company CEOs, union officials, railroad lobbyists and federal...
June 21, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 19, 2023) KARRATHA, Australia — Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has begun an investigation after 30 cars of one of its autonomous iron ore trains derailed Saturday. Full story: Trains Magazine
June 13, 2023 | Derailment, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, June 12, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on June 9 announced that it has made an additional recommendation to Safety Advisory 2023-01, originally published on March 3, addressing the use and maintenance of hot bearing detectors...
June 9, 2023 | Derailment, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 9, 2023) In the wake of a May 10 Norfolk Southern derailment in Pennsylvania, the Federal Railroad Administration today issued a safety advisory recommending that railroads implement safeguards to ensure that hot bearing detectors...
June 9, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, June 8, 2023) WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Authorities are trying to determine the cause of a freight train derailment in northern Arizona that heavily damaged 23 cars and a load of new vehicles. The BNSF train cars were carrying a variety of new cars,...
June 9, 2023 | CPKC, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: CTV News, June 8, 2023) Crews are cleaning up after a train derailment about 100 kilometres east of Calgary Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern confirmed that “multiple cars of a CPKC freight train carrying...
June 2, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 1, 2023) The 164th car of a Norfolk Southern train triggered a critical hot box detector alert before a May wreck in Pennsylvania, but the train continued on its journey for 15.34 miles before derailing because neither the crew nor the...
June 1, 2023 | CPKC, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: CBS Minnesota, May 31, 2023) For the second time within two months, a train carrying hazardous materials has derailed in Minnesota. Canadian Pacific (CPKC) says 24 cars on a freight train went off the rails Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. near the Kittson County...
May 23, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Television station KSTP, May 15, 2023) The section of track in Minnesota where a train carrying ethanol derailed earlier this spring had a history of defects that led to employee complaints, million-dollar lawsuits, and federal safety violations, according to...
