AMTRAK STALLED IN SNOW

An Amtrak train scheduled to arrive in Denver, Colorado, at 07:00 on 7 January finally arrived the following morning - a day late. At Sutton, between Lincoln and Hastings in Nebraska, it was stopped...

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SOUTH CAROLINA DERAILMENT

On 10 January, 10 out of 18 wagons in a CSX Transportation Charleston-Augusta freight train derailed near Almeda in Hampton County, South Carolina. The two locomotives were unaffected. The wagons were...

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PARKED ON LINE - ARRESTED

A 32-year-old woman who left her car on a rail line in Moorhead, Michigan, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, driving under the influence and refusal to submit to alcohol testing....

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VIDEO AIDS L A SPAD PROBE

A new safety breach on the San Bernardino commuter line east of Union Station near downtown Los Angeles is under investigation. The current probe is among the first to study footage from newly...

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WHITEFISH CLEANUP DELAYED

Removal of contaminated sediment from the Whitefish River in Montana is taking longer than expected. The Environmental Protection Agency ordered the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) to...

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WASHINGTON DC REAR-ENDER

No passengers were on board when a six-coach Washington DC metro train rear-ended a similar stationary set at 04:30 on 29 November, but three railway employees were hurt. All were treated in a nearby...

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BOULDER DERAILS AMTRAK

On 25 November, an Amtrak passenger train en route from Chicago to Seattle derailed shortly after 19:00 near Essex, Montana, when it collided with a large boulder on the track. None of the 256...

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MUDSLIDES DELAY AMTRAK

Because of three separate mudslides on the night of 17 November, Amtrak suspend passenger train service between Seattle and Vancouver, Canada. Although freight trains continued to run following...

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COACH ON FIRE!

On a day already complicated by a strike, fire broke out on one of the most heavily travelled regional rail lines of the South-eastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (Septa). About a thousand...

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AMTRAK BRIDGE

On 1 November, Amtrak's lifting bridge over the Nantic River between New York and Boston became stuck in the closed position - closed to boating traffic, that is - hitting the livelihood of local...

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