A rock slide caused the derailment of a Union Pacific freight on 23 November near Kremmling, Colorado, about 160km west of Denver. Amtrak's Chicago-San Francisco California Zephyr was forced to miss...
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A heavy snowstorm on 25 November cut Amtrak operations west of Albany through Buffalo to Chicago. Buffalo itself reported snow nearly two metres deep. Amtrak runs four passenger trains in each...
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It's one thing to find oneself stalled on a crossing with a train coming, but imagine the embarrassment of driving into a stationary train - a train stalled on a crossing. That's what happened to a...
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On 9 November, an unidentified person pushed a 61-year-old man waiting on a New York subway station platform (with his wife) onto the track in the path of an incoming train. He was killed instantly....
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On 13 November, 21 wagons in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) eastbound freight that derailed 3km from Casselton in North Dakota were hit by a westbound empty oil consist in which 12...
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On 2 November, four wagons carrying 'highly corrosive' battery acid came off the track near the town of Kosse in Limestone County, Texas. Officials managed to contain some minor spillage and the area...
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On 11 November, six wagons in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight derailed near the municipal airport at Hutchinson in Kansas. No injuries were reported and no hazardous spillage....
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Three of 123 empty coal wagons in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train derailed following a crossing collision with a Volkswagen Jetta in Abbotsford, British Columbia on 8 November. The car...
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The one-man crew of an empty Rio Tinto ore train was missing after it derailed following a landslide on 5 November about 950km north-east of Montreal in Quebec. Reportedly the locomotive landed up in...
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In a bizarre recent accident in Pennsylvania, a police vehicle pursued a car travelling at high speed on the Interstate Highway route 99. The car turned off onto Route 220 but stuck on railway tracks...
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