On 3 September, the Chicago Tribune reports, Theodore Howard, 49, a local man who hired a crack addict to kill his ex-girlfriend while she controlled a Metra suburban train, was convicted by a federal...
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A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train bound for Amarillo, Texas, carrying hazardous materials, was boarded in western Colorado by two men and a girl, aged between 25 and 31. They entered an...
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On 3 September, police in Anaheim (where Disneyland is located) where called by local residents who had noticed two two-year-olds on the railway, used at this point roughly every half hour by...
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In August 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was notified that an oily sheen was reportedly seen on the stream that flows through the town of Whitefish, Montana, originating at Whitefish...
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Though New York's Long Island Railroad (LIRR) uses third rail power, an overhead catenary problem disrupted service on 25 August. LIRR shares tracks with Amtrak and Metro-North trains, both of which...
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Trains operations have resumed through Montana Rail Link's (MRL) Mullan Tunnel, which crosses under the Continental Divide near Blossburg, Montana. The line has been closed since a cave-in on 20...
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An Amtrak passenger train that broke down in the tunnel under New York's East River on 24 July caused extensive delays to Friday afternoon peak-hour commuter services on the Long Island Railroad...
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The locomotive of a Toronto-Ottawa passenger train caught fire after nightfall on 16 August. More than 300 passengers and crew were evacuated from the train in an isolated, swampy area just south of...
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On the evening of 16 August, one of the locomotives of a Union Pacific freight train derailed in north-west Houston, Texas. The train was moving slowly at the time, but the fuel tank ruptured and a...
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On 20 July, 14 vehicles in a Union Pacific freight train comprising about 130 wagons derailed at Manteca in central California. 'Warped rails and torn up ties [sleepers] lay alongside grain and box...
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