A pilot from Ohio thought he was having engine trouble when he put his light plane down at the Fairview Heights MetroLink station in St Louis on 2 May. It turns out he had run out of fuel, authorities...
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On 27 April, the locomotive and leading coach of an Amtrak train from Chicago derailed as it pulled into the station at Milwaukee. 'The back set of wheels on the locomotive and the first set of wheels...
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A 59-year-old man who abandoned his pickup when it got stuck on the railway in Odessa, Texas, was arrested by local police. They handed him over to the Union Pacific railway police because the...
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On 16 April, a 26-year-old dance instructor was killed when her car was struck by an Amtrak passenger train at a Chicago crossing. She was on her way home from the nearby university. The express was...
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On 13 April, a 19-year-old woman walking along the track immediately north of Tenino, in Washington state, was reportedly 'bumped' by an Amtrak train passing at 112km/h. She was taken to hospital...
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Impatient motorists who drive around lowered crossing gates are a big problem in America, where many cities have a number of level crossings. To prevent this practice, the municipality of Spokane...
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It doesn't only happen in Africa. On 11 April, Cruz Mario Carnacion, 37, and Jose Luis Trejo-Yanez, 35 - apparently illegal aliens - were arrested for stealing steel spikes from the Norfolk Southern...
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On 8 April, a caboose labelled 'Look, listen, live' - used by Operation Lifesaver (a non-profit organisation that raises awareness of level crossing hazards) - was involved in a crossing collision in...
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Floods following heavy rains in Rhode Island at the beginning of April caused extensive disruption to rail services on the important New York-Boston main-line. All Acela high-speed service was...
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On 30 March, three locomotives and nine wagons in a Canadian National (CN) freight train derailed near Oshawa (Toronto), resulting in trip cancellations through eastern Ontario and into Montreal....
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