Broken rails are a problem wherever they occur, but some places are more problematic than others - like in the tunnels under the East River to and from Manhattan. A break on 27 October caused...
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On 22 October, eight unattended Union Pacific Railroad locomotives, all coupled, took off on their own from Chicago's Canal Street yard. Four derailed at the bridge over the Chicago River, blocking...
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Metra Train 610 had just left Chicago's Barrington station early on 8 October when it was announced that a passenger required immediate assistance. Two nurses assisted crew members trying to help a...
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Late on 11 October, all train traffic was halted after a South Oklahoma City resident reported a man 'throwing out several devices' near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). He...
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A broken rail near the New Hyde Park station caused extensive delays on the very busy Long Island Railroad out of New York's Grand Central station in Manhattan on 1 October. The damaged rail gave rise...
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A Cook County jury awarded $29.5 million to a Chicago woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a derailment on 17 September 2005. The lawsuit was filed by Renea Poppel, who suffered...
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A Chicago teenager has been charged with a 'string of armed robberies' near two Metra (commuter rail) stations on the city's south side and a second suspect is still being sought by police.
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Dustin Moles, 33, employed by the Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad since 2005, was fatally injured in a shunting derailment at Albertville, Alabama. He was crushed between a derailed tankcar and a...
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On 30 September, Fannie Black, 68, overtook another car waiting at a level crossing in Brookhaven, Mississippi, zigzagged through the lowered crossing gates and was hit by an Amtrak passenger...
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Electronic files of Southern California's rail system can be downloaded from the Federal Railroad Administration's website,' the Los Angeles Times says, 'but are riddled with errors, placing hundreds...
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