AMTRAK DERAILED AT NILES

On 21 October, Amtrak train 350, the Wolverine from Chicago to Pontiac in Michigan, ran into trouble about 3km east of Niles, Michigan. Spokesman Marc Magliari was quoted explaining that several...

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PHILIPPINES DERAILMENT: FIVE HURT

Heavy rain was falling on 26 October when Philippines National Railway Train 611 - the Bicol Express - derailed in Barangay Canda in Sariaya. Investigations have been ordered to determine if the...

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CLEVELAND CROSSING TO BE REBUILT

Reconstruction costing an estimated $450,000 is to be carried out at the Boston Road level crossing in Cleveland, Ohio, where four high school students died in June. A fifth passenger survived. The...

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FATAL BALTIMORE DERAILMENT INVESTIGATED

An initial look into a bizarre 21 August accident in Baltimore by America's National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirms that the accident - the result of the double-headed train suddenly...

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ARTIC RIG HIT BY TRAIN IN TEXAS

On 11 October, A 18-wheeler articulated road rig stalled on a crossing near the intersection of US Highway 90 and Meeker Road between Beaumont and China in Jefferson County, Texas, and was hit by a...

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POWER PROBLEMS ON N E CORRIDOR

Overhead traction wires came down at 02:30 between Washington DC and Wilmington on 9 October, causing power problems that disrupted rail service extensively in the morning peak hour. Both Amtrak...

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BNSF FREIGHT DERAILS NEAR SPOKANE

On 5 October, both locomotives and six empty boxcars in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) freight train came off the track in north-east Washington state near Deer Park, about 32km from...

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LARGE RIG HIT BY TRAIN AT MARIETTA

On 11 October, a large truck stalled on a crossing in Marietta. Georgia, and was hit by a train. The truck driver managed to get out before the collision but three crewmen on the locomotive suffered...

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MINOR DERAILMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA

Three wagons in a westbound Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on 10 October near Long's Park in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. The first, a tankcar carrying ethyl alcohol, remained upright and...

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ANOTHER HEAVY RIG INJURES TRAIN PASSENGERS

In yet another instance of a heavy road rig crashing into a train, 39 passengers in an Amtrak commuter set were hurt in Hanford, California during the afternoon on 1 October. Investigations after the...

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