Six wagons left Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) tracks near a university campus in Brownwood, Texas, on the night of 31 November. Four turned over onto their sides but no hazardous materials were...
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A boulder falling on the track caused a derailment on 29 November in East Bernstadt, Laurel County, Kentucky. Several wagons derailed, resulting in emergency crews working into the night to...
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On 21 November, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed at Nutley in Essex County, New Jersey, tipping over containers and spilling contents described as contaminated soil. Response teams worked...
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On 13 November, a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train derailed five wagons containing crude oil in its King of Prussia (Pennsylvania) rail yard. One wagon reportedly overturned, two were “leaning”...
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Five wagons in a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed in Watertown, Wisconsin, on 11 November. By coincidence it happened less than a kilometre from where another train came off the track on 8...
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On 4 November, 13 tankcars in a 77-wagon Huron Central Railway westbound freight train went off the line near the town of Spanish, Ontario, about 100km south-west of Sudbury. Nobody was reported hurt...
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The Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has released its findings into a July 2014 accident at Brockville, Ontario, where 26 tankcars came off the line. The investigation determined that the...
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An eastbound Canadian Pacific freight derailed 10 tankcars carrying crude oil in Watertown, south-eastern Wisconsin, on 8 November. According to Jefferson County office of emergency management...
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On 7 November, a freight train of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) derailed 25 wagons about 3km from the town of Alma alongside the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin, spilling tens...
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A fire in late September severely damaged a nine-megawatt substation that supplies electricity to the third rail in the Stadium-Armory station area of the US capital. The Washington Metropolitan Area...
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