On 1 October, shortly after a truck-trailer combination drove into and derailed a passenger train at Hanford in California (see separate story) a similar collision occurred less than 20km away on the...
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On 15 August, a mobile crane being used to service signals on a Chicago line owned by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) collapsed at midday, blocking all three tracks used by the Metra...
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Early on 2 September, eight wagons derailed when a freight train struck the rear of another in south-west Chicago, derailing several wagons, some of which hit a third train on a parallel line. All...
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A double-headed freight train from Chicago heading for Harrisburg in Pennsylvania derailed 37 of its 43 wagons in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at about 07:00 on 8 September. The Norfolk Southern Railroad...
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Injuries totalling 48 were reported on 27 August when a Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Route 51 bus collided with the agency's own light rail train bound for Long Beach at a...
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Two railway wagons which ran away on 21 August in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are puzzling investigators of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). Loaded with lumber, it was determined they...
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Railway crossing accidents occur all too frequently but few these days involve steam engines. On 26 August, a sports utility vehicle was hit on a crossing in northern New Jersey by a train of the New...
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Investigations into the bizarre midnight accident on 21 August, when two girls died while sitting on a bridge at Ellicott, Baltimore, reveal that the double-headed train of 80 wagons braked suddenly,...
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Amtrak, the United States national intercity passenger train operator, gave notice on 27 August that service to Louisiana would be suspended on 28 and 29 August due to the approaching Hurricane Isaac....
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On 21 August, a North Carolina woman was awarded $685,000 damages in a suit against her former employer, the CSX Railroad Company. In 2008, while working as a train conductor, her private truck was...
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