A westbound consist from Framingham derailed a wagon on 10 February in Northborough, Massachusetts, where it was headed with goods for local firms. There was no spillage and nobody was injured. The...
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Unruly' Hussein Abdi Hassan, 24, who was removed from a Chicago-Seattle express at 20:30 on 14 February, later made a threat that led to the train's 150 passengers being evacuated.The train was...
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The driver of a delivery van in Boise, Idaho, noticed too late that the red lights were flashing as he approached a level crossing. He stopped but realised he was too close to the automatic barriers...
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Jeffrey Scott Rigterink, 45, was arrested on 14 February and charged with the arson six days previously of a CSX Railroad portable office in a Grand Rapids (Michigan) railway yard. He is also...
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On 6 February, according to the Napa Valley Register, Cameron Alan Nauman, 21, of Martinez, and Joshua David Elmore, 20, of Brentwood, allegedly used a boltcutter on the locks at a yard of the...
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On 13 January, an 85-wagon train behind two locomotives derailed seven empty car-carriers in East Louisville, Kentucky. A CSX spokesman said six ended up on their sides. Nobody was injured....
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Amtrak trains between New York City and Boston were suspended on 12 January when a storm brought down a large tree near Sharon, Massachusetts, damaging the overhead power lines. Spokesman Cliff Cole...
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On 24 January, Amtrak's Empire Service passenger trains between New York City and Albany were suspended as a precautionary measure due to record-setting sub-zero temperatures which caused signals,...
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In Pacoima, Southern California, on 20 January, an elderly motorist drove his Hyundai Sonata onto the railway at a crossing, stopped the vehicle on the track and fell asleep. A 59-wagon Union Pacific...
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On the day after Christmas, all passenger service on the Long Island Railroad, the busiest commuter line in the United States, was suspended due to heavy snow. According to an Associated Press report,...
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