BROKEN RAIL CAUSED TUNNEL DERAILMENT

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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CANADIAN TRAIN DERAILS 43 WAGONS

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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TREES DISRUPT AMTRAK

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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CANADIAN DERAILMENTS

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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STEAM LOCO FLOATS OFF AT CROSSING

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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CSX DERAILMENTS INVESTIGATED

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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COAL TRAIN DERAILS NEAR WASHINGTON DC

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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DERAILMENT IN DES MOINES

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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BUSES BECAUSE OF ILLINOIS TRACK PROBLEMS

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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RAILWAY THIEF CHARGED

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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