A crash at an Edmonton rail crossing in 2010 that killed a man and his two young children is not likely to have been caused by equipment failure. This is the conclusion in a draft report going to...
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The driver of a passenger train probably ran a red light and was therefore to blame for a 2008 accident in Rialto north of Los Angeles when the side of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight consist...
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Sheriff's deputies were called out in Genessee County, New York state, on 7 April following reports of a motorist driving on a tireless rim. They found and followed fresh scrape marks on the road in...
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A driver and a conductor lost their lives in a 17 April collision involving two eastbound BNSF trains at McPherson, about 8km west of Red Oak in south-west Iowa. The second consist, a 130-wagon coal...
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On 26 April, a Canadian Via Rail passenger train bound for Vancouver was forced to make an extended stop in Edmonton after 11 passengers became ill. Medical help was called in when the train, which...
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Seen on Newstalk650.com:
'A passing train has become a serious pain to morning traffic in the Canadian city of Regina. In recent weeks, a locomotive between 6,000 and 8,000 feet long has been coming...
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On 27 April, emergency and hazardous materials crews were dealing with two out of four barges that broke free from a towboat on the Ohio River and jammed against a rail bridge over a back channel. One...
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On 17 April, a coal consist rear-ended another eastbound train at McPherson, about 72km south-east of Council Bluffs near Red Oak, Iowa, killing two crew members and shutting down the Burlington...
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Late in April, flooding by the Red River forced the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to reroute trains on one Manitoba branch and to close another, while Canadian National Railway (CN) closed one...
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On 20 April, about 30 out of 124 wagons derailed in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train around 3km south of Hannibal in eastern Missouri, alongside the Mississippi River.
According to BNSF...
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