CSX Transportation has blamed the 5 August derailment of 13 wagons in Baltimore's 100-year-old Howard Street Tunnel on defective track, spokesman Gary Saese told The Baltimore Sun's Michael Dresser....
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On 25 August, a Canadian National freight train derailed 43 wagons at the Scotford Yard, about 3km north-east of Fort Saskatchewan. The 'mixed cargo' included seven types of hazardous materials, from...
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Train passengers along Amtrak's busy north-east corridor confronted delays for most of Wednesday 11 August after a tree knocked out power and signals in Mercer County. The tree took down overhead...
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A Wekusko Subdivision work train derailment on 12 August disrupted long-distance passenger trains in Canada's Manitoba. Bus replacement services were provided between The Pas and Thompson. Then at the...
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At about 18:00 on Sunday 8 August, heavy rain during a thunderstorm flooded a level crossing in Gold Hill on the Virginia and Truckee (V&T) tourist railway in Nevada. A steam loco doing no more than...
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Emergency management officials in Kentucky are concerned about the incidence of CSX train derailments, being especially worried about the long rail bridge over the Ohio.
Henderson County emergency...
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On 5 August, five wagons in a CSX coal train derailed south of Quantico, Virginia, 'ripping up' and blocking all tracks, disrupting traffic including a number of Amtrak passenger expresses. These...
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An Iowa Interstate Railroad train derailed on 9 August in Pleasant Hill, Des Moines, Iowa, causing some road closures as four wagons landed on their sides....
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Unspecified track problems on the Union Pacific between Dwight and Joliet in Central Illinois put Amtrak passengers onto buses 'for days' according to press reports. Travellers between the Bloomington...
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The Wayne County sheriff's office in Goldsboro, North Carolina, has a man in custody for allegedly stealing six metal I-beams valued at $5,000.00 from the CSX Railroad. The 34-year-old was identified...
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