On 3 July, one freight train ran into the rear of another in Sewickley, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Three locomotives and one wagon came off the track. The leading train comprised two...
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Rosie Madison (80) travelled on Amtrak from New York to visit her niece, Cynthia Burton, in Dallas, Texas. Shortly before 11:30 when the train was due to arrive, Burton was told by Amtrak that her...
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On 23 June, eight wagons in a Union Pacific freight train derailed beneath a highway bridge near Navasota, Texas. One of the derailed wagons was a tankcar containing diethanolamine, a substance...
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On 9 June, police evacuated people living within 2.5km of a derailment at West River Station, a rural area about 150km north-east of Halifax in Canada's Nova Scotia. The 26th and six following...
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The provincial government in Quebec is claiming $409 million from the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMAR) for expenses incurred in cleaning up the badly damaged town of Lac-Mégantic, following...
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On 28 May 2013, a CSX freight train collided with a refuse truck on a crossing in Rosedale, Baltimore County, Maryland. The train derailed and there was a tremendous explosion, blowing apart nearby...
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In early June, a 134-wagon coal train travelling from Wyoming to Arkansas was brought to a halt near Willis in Brown County, Kansas, where 'extreme weather' included winds blowing at 160km/h....
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On 10 May, 10 wagons of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) derailed during shunting operations at a yard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Six were empty but four were carrying hazardous liquids. One...
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On 20 February 2014, a filmmaking crew were at work on a high railway bridge over a river in south-east Georgia when a train unexpectedly put in an appearance. A 27-year-old camera assistant, Sarah...
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In the aftermath of the derailment and explosion on 6 July 2013 in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, which caused 47 deaths and the destruction of much of the town's centre, the bankrupt Montreal, Maine &...
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