On 3 May, a Union Pacific freight train derailed in Marshall, Texas, right outside the Texas and Pacific Railway Museum. There were no injuries and no hazardous material was spilled, but passenger and...
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The last two coaches on an Amtrak passenger train from St Louis to Chicago derailed in Granite City, Illinois on 6 June, sending five of the 63 passengers to hospital with minor injuries. All were...
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The derailing of 16 empty freight wagons at Edwall, about 45km west of Spokane in Washington state on 1 June, blocked the main-line to Seattle. Some 300 metres of track were damaged as the train...
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On 13 May, a lowbed trailer carrying a bulldozer grounded on the rails at a crossing in Mebane, North Carolina. Southbound Amtrak train 73 ran into the obstruction at an estimated 100km/h, derailing...
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On 23 May, a locomotive and 20 out of a 90-wagon train en route from Salem, Illinois to Nashville, Tennessee derailed while rounding a curve near a level crossing in Robards, Kentucky. CSX crews...
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On 16 May, the fuel tank on the locomotive of a westbound Amtrak passenger train was punctured when it was struck buy an object in central New York, shutting down rail service for several hours. About...
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On 23 May, 28 wagons in a CSX train derailed in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The city's fire department was quickly on the scene. According to the department's information officer Bruce Garner, 'these...
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The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) stands accused of failing to "exercise reasonable care in the operation of its trains so as to avoid injuring or killing members of the public,"...
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The 12 May derailing of a Canadian Pacific (CP) freight train near Smiths Falls in Ontario caused extensive track damage, resulting in Via Rail passenger traffic being diverted to buses. Travellers...
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On 12 May, both locomotives of a 63-wagon train conveying general freight derailed about 8km south of Thermopolis at the north end of the Wind River Canyon in Wyoming. The lead unit, which ran into a...
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