On 2 July, in Maryville, Tennessee a 57-wagon CSX freight train en route from Cincinnati to Waycross in Georgia derailed one vehicle in the consist that was carrying acrylonitrile. Fire ensued. The US...
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Amtrak was forced to cancel four trains near Pontiac, Illinois, on 7 July, following the derailing of eight wagons in a 105-vehicle, three--loco, Union Pacific freight. No injuries were...
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Less than a week after a CSX wagon carrying acrylonitrile derailed in Maryville, Tennessee and caught fire, four CSX vehicles carrying mixed freight derailed and flipped over in Berry Hill,...
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In a malicious incident on 24 May, someone piled rocks on the track near Coeur d'Alene in Idaho. Amtrak's Empire Builder express, which connects Seattle with Chicago, was able to stop short of...
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On Friday night 22 May, 23 of the 125 wagons in a freight train from Nebraska to Illinois derailed in the town of Belle Plaine, Minnesota. Crews worked hard through the weekend and into Monday to...
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Late in May 2015, middle-of-the-night thieves brazenly stole 150 metres of copper cable from the A Line subway system in the New York borough of Queens, closing down the line and disrupting travel for...
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Eight people were hurt in a 14 May accident reported in Nashville, Tennessee, their ages ranging from 74 to 97. Apparently a 21-year-old entrepreneur was giving rides at a “senior living...
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Five wagons carrying timber derailed on 9 May near the Union station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Some track damage was reported, but there were no injuries. ...
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Two 15-year-old boys from Cleveland, Ohio, stole a minivan parked outside a suburban house. The owner called the police who located the vehicle and set off in pursuit. The chase continued on Route 84...
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Once again, a really serious passenger train derailment in the United States appears to have the experts flummoxed. Windows on three trains, including the one that derailed, were hit by missiles of...
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