In the last week of October, investigators from America's National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) returned to the scene of the 24 June 2011 accident in rural Nevada where an Amtrak passenger train...
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On Thursday morning, 3 November at about 05:00, 'at least' eight wagons of a freight train derailed near Chicago. Three caught fire, forcing authorities to seal off the area and shut down the...
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Two Amtrak trains were stranded during the weekend at the end of October by a snowstorm that left tracks blocked by downed trees, rocks and other debris. Travellers on Amtrak's northbound Vermonter...
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Two Via Rail (Canada) drivers were suspended without pay after the train they were operating from Churchill to Winnipeg did a fast reverse to avoid colliding with an oncoming Canadian National freight...
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On 24 October, Amtrak's Pere Marquette express, Chicago to Grand Rapids in Michigan (283km), was extensively delayed en route by what an official news release described as a 'fatal train-person...
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On 18 October, freight trains of the Union Pacific (UP) and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) collided at 02:30 under a freeway at Colton near Los Angeles. Six wagons of the UP train derailed. Two...
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Police in Shreveport, Louisiana, are on the lookout for a man who shot a Union Pacific employee during an apparent robbery attempt at about 22:15 on 10 October. Ricky Goldsmith was working on the...
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The derailment of an Iowa Interstate Railroad freight train at about 02:00 on 7 October forced the evacuation of a north-central Illinois town, with fears the ethanol aboard could cause a chemical...
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At about 07:35 on 8 October, transit police were called to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Administration (MBTA) Riverside station in Boston to investigate a suspicious device. Spokeswoman Lydia Rivera...
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On 12 October at about 22:00, an Amtrak passenger express ran head-on into a stationary train loading people in Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Minor injuries to 17 individuals were...
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