An employee of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) is suing the company for alleged 'past and future medical expenses, mental anguish, pain, impairment, disfigurement and lost wages, plus...
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On 8 March, 26 wagons in a freight train came off the track in Abbeville, South Carolina, resulting in 50 nearby residents being evacuated from their homes because of a derailed tankcar carrying...
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The theft of copper wire from Amtrak resulted in James Martin, 40, being charged on 25 February with 'theft by unlawful taking, risking catastrophe, criminal trespass' as well as related charges. He...
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On 8 March, the occupants of ten homes within a kilometre of a CSX derailment at Abbeville, South Carolina, were evacuated due to fears of a possible methanol spill from a tankcar. When it was...
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On 6 March, 14 wagons in a CSX Transportation company train derailed in Buffalo, upper New York state. No hazardous cargo was being transported and there were no injuries. The 55-wagon consist...
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On 6 March, the last 12 wagons in a Canadian National (CN) train carrying potash came off the track in St John, New Brunswick, on a stretch of track owned by the New Brunswick Southern Railway....
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A passenger on Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited, bound for Chicago, left the train at Rochester in upstate New York late on 21 February for unknown reasons - though rumour suggests he was thrown off for...
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On 26 February, two locomotive drivers and a learner railway employee in the cab were killed and 45 people injured when VIA Rail Canada passenger train no 92 from Niagara Falls to Toronto derailed in...
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On 21 February, 45 wagons in a Canadian National coal train derailed about 25km north of Houston in British Columbia, on the Prince Rupert line. The locomotives and 19 wagons remained on the track,...
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At 02:00 on 21 February, a police officer in Bridgeport, Connecticut, watched in disbelief as a car travelling at high speed hit several parked cars, then a roadside barrier, took off and flew six...
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