On 30 May, 16 out of 122 loaded coal wagons in a freight train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) derailed near Chillicothe in southeast Iowa. No injuries were reported. The track was...
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Very early on 20 May, a medical records clerk on her way home in Lake Wales, Florida, found the gates at a level crossing down with the lights flashing. When she had waited - by her estimation - for...
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The American state of Ohio is served by more than 40 railway companies operating on 8,800km of line. There are more than 6,500 level crossings. The figures appear in the annual Highway-Rail Grade...
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On 12 May, 37 loaded coal wagons in a 142-car Union Pacific train derailed a short distance west of the town of Washington (Missouri, not DC). Workers had their hands full putting things to rights, as...
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A former switchman [shunter] employed by the Raritan Central Railway in Edison, New Jersey, who severely injured his knee in a fall in July 2004, has settled with the company out of court for $1.25...
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When a 37-year-old woman offered a scrap-metal yard bags containing hundreds of rail anchors, tie plates and spikes, the dealer tipped off the police. She had pilfered a ton weight in pieces of the...
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A burst water main in Baltimore County flooded the north-east corridor main-line, the busiest in North America, on 29 April, with all through and local services between New York and Washington DC...
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A freight train struck a motor home at a railroad crossing in Burlingame, south of San Francisco, late on 24 April. The vehicle apparently stalled on the line. People in the vicinity helped try push...
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On 1 May, an unattended locomotive set off on its own on a siding in Winchester, North Virginia, and derailed at a road crossing. To contain spilled oil, crews from the local fire department dug a...
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Approaching the Keechi Creek trestle in a remote part of Leon county, Texas, on 23 April, the driver of a Union Pacific freight put his train into emergency braking when he realised the bridge was on...
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