On Friday 27 March, a six-car Washington DC Red Line Metro train experienced braking problems at the Bethesda subway station,. After a second, empty, train was brought up to provide pushing power, it...
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An eastbound Canadian National train comprising 137 wagons derailed six vehicles at Salem near Colborne, Ontario, on 23 March. Two were empty flatcars but the others were tankcars carrying...
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On 17 March, the United States government sued the Union Pacific Railroad for $37.7 million in fines that have accumulated since 2001 as a result of drug smuggling across the Mexican border on the...
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A 60-wagon CSX Transportation freight train underwent emergency braking on 14 March when the driver spotted a man sitting on the track at Rockwood in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. State police were...
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Ten wagons carrying wheat derailed on a trestle at Williston, North Dakota, on 17 March, spilling 4,000 bushels. One vehicle fell 5 metres into Red Bank Creek. According to an official of the...
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On 5 March, a CSX Transportation train exiting a poultry feed company siding in Falkville, Illinois, derailed nine empty grain hoppers. It is suspected that a steel piece fell off one wagon and lodged...
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The driver of the commuter train that collided head-on with a Union Pacific (UP) freight near Chatsworth, 45km north of Los Angeles Union Station on 12 September 2008, killing himself and 24 others,...
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Train operations in midwinter are always a challenge in Chicago, where heavy snowfalls and iced-up infrastructure are routine. Though a derailment near south suburban Richton Park on 27 January was...
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On 24 February, Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited en route to Chicago from New York with 156 passengers on board derailed the baggage car and a coach at Hammond in north-western Indiana. Both vehicleswere...
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In late February, 120 ton diesel locomotive no 2617 belonging to America's CSX Transportation company was parked on a Miami siding over a weekend. It was still there at 23:30 on the Sunday night, but...
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