Amtrak suspended train service in most of Iowa on 8 June due to flooding. The Missouri River in western Iowa rose as the Army Corps of Engineers opened flood gates to lower river levels and ease...
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On 8 June, the pantograph of a locomotive on an Amtrak train travelling between Lynchburg and Boston entangled in the catenary near Wilmington, Delaware. Passengers were transferred to other trains,...
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On 8 June, the pantograph of a locomotive on an Amtrak train travelling between Lynchburg and Boston entangled in the catenary near Wilmington, Delaware. Passengers were transferred to other trains,...
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A system-wide malfunction of the Long Island Railroad's (LIRR) 350 ticket vending machines on 26 May forced morning rush-hour commuters into Manhattan to pay cash for tickets -- or be billed onboard...
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The Long Island Railroad (LIRR), the America's largest commuter rail system, runs 447 trains in and out of New York city's Penn Station on a typical weekday. All enter Manhattan through four tunnels...
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Kathy Hadley, mother of an Eastern Kentucky University student killed on 10 August 2010 when her vehicle collided with a train has filed a civil action lawsuit against CSX Transportation and one of...
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On 24 May, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) loco foreman Paul Young, 28, Young, married with two young children, was admitted to the John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas,...
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On Sunday 8 May, an Amtrak train derailed in the tunnel under the East River linking Manhattan to Queens. Heavy delays and cancellations were caused to Long Island Railroad (LIRR) commuter services...
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On 16 May, seven wagons derailed during shunting operations in a yard at Pasco, Washington state. A valve on a tankcar was damaged, causing the vehicle to leak more than 4,000 litres of hydrochloric...
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Siemens Energy has filed a lawsuit against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), seeking compensation for a cargo of windmill blades damaged in transit. In August 2010, Siemens manufactured...
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