The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMAR) and three of its employees face prosecution following the 6 July 2013 oil train runaway in Quebec, Canada. The men charged are the driver (the sole crew...
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On 9 May, six tankcars in a 100-wagon Union Pacific oil train came off the line near La Salle in Colorado. Five remained intact with their contents but one tank ruptured, leaking oil.
The spill was...
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On 28 April, Amtrak's 13-coach Empire Builder express from Chicago to Seattle and Portland derailed three vehicles at a set of points near Bainville in north-eastern Montana. There were 117 passengers...
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On 30 April, a train from Chicago carrying crude oil derailed about 14 wagons in Lynchburg, Virginia. Several tankcars burst open, leaking oil into the adjacent James River. No injuries were reported,...
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On 28 April, four empty wagons in a CSX 72-vehicle freight train derailed at Cypress Gardens, about 30km from Charleston in South Carolina. In the accident, a road bridge spanning the railway...
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On 6 April, a southbound Union Pacific (UP) ore train ran into the rear of another freight consist in Kosse, Texas. One locomotive and 'about' 14 wagons derailed, UP's Elizabeth Hutchinson told the...
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On 23 April, the Canadian government ordered the removal from service of 5,000 oil tankcars believed unsafe for duty, at the same time ordering the removal or upgrading of a further 65,000 vehicles....
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In yet another incident apparently attributed to wearing headphones while walking, a man was killed on Saturday afternoon 26 April when he was hit by a train. According to a television news report,...
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A drunk 24-year-old, whose car was smashed beyond recognition while being dragged 100 metres, climbed out unharmed. What was left of the car caught fire and burned out. The undamaged train proceeded...
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One of the problems with allowing access to rail lines by entities other than the system owner - a concept currently fashionable in many western countries - is apportioning blame after something goes...
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