AMTRAK TRAIN DERAILS IN LA

Minor delays' to scheduled Metrolink commuter services were reported on 3 February when an empty Amtrak passenger trainset due to work the Coast Starlight service to Seattle derailed a short distance...

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OPEN TRAIN DOOR PERTURBS CHICAGO OFFICIALS

An investigation at federal level followed an incident in Chicago on 6 February when a peak-hour commuter train ran 'at express speed' from Union station with one of the passenger doors open....

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DEEP SNOW CLOSES LINES IN NEW YORK

On Friday evening 8 February, New York's Metro-North Railroad suspended train service on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven lines because of the accelerating severity of a massive storm, as well as...

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UP COAL TRAIN DERAILS 41 WAGONS

At about 01:00 on 3 February, a Union Pacific coal train headed for St Louis was involved in a serious derailment at a point south-east of Fairbury, Nebraska. Nobody was injured, but no less than 41...

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AMTRAK HALTED: LARGE BIRD SUSPECTED

On 26 January, an Amtrak passenger train was delayed almost an hour near the Cornwells Heights station in Pennsylvania after an unidentified large object struck the locomotive. Not knowing what they...

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ARKANSAS MAIN-LINE DERAILMENT

Nearly 30' wagons were reported off the track near Williford, Arkansas, on the morning of 23 January. Two tankcars carrying hazardous material were involved but no leakage from either occurred. No...

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EVACUATION FOLLOWS DERAILMENT IN COLFAX

On 20 January, a 139-wagon freight train from Oakland (across the bay from San Francisco) bound for Chicago derailed five vehicles in the town of Colfax, California. Although these remained upright, a...

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CANADIAN TRACKS BLOCKADED

Participants in Canada's 'Idle No More' grassroots movement have been staging almost daily protests against the government's Bill C-45, which they say violates treaty rights and weakens environmental...

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MAN ON THE LINE!

A 27-year-old man who had been walking on the line near Marietta Square in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, was hit him from behind by a CSX train on 7 January. He was taken to hospital but died of his...

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DRAMA ABOARD TRAIN 2

Via Train 2, The Canadian, left Vancouver right time at 20:30 on 25 December, bound for Toronto with 200 passengers and a crew of 13. At about 05:00 on 29 December, the train was halted near Parry...

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