Locomotive driver K G Showalter is asking for $150,000 plus costs in a suit he has filed in court against the CSX Transportation company, which he holds responsible for injuries he sustained in a...
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On 7 March, 30 loaded Union Pacific (UP) coal wagons left the track near Jefferson in west central Iowa. They formed part of a 134-wagon train travelling from Wyoming to Illinois. There were no...
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Four wagons in a 120-vehicle train hauled by three locomotives derailed at the Walnut Street level crossing in Hamilton, Ohio, on 3 March. The 2km-long consist came to a standstill in an area...
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On 6 March, 25 wagons loaded with grain derailed near Wilson Creek, about 30km north of Moses Lake in Washington State. The 110-wagon train was on its way to Seattle from Florence, Minnesota. Though...
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Late on Saturday 20 February, a freight train derailed in a tunnel about 48km east of Bakersfield, 500km south of Oakland (opposite San Francisco). A tankcar carrying denatured alcohol was allowed to...
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The DeKalb County (Illinois) sheriff's office is looking for thieves who stole 4.5km of insulated solid copper wire from telephone poles lining the track of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad...
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In the first week of March, sheriff's deputies in Henderson County, Illinois, arrested Cruz Mario Carnacion, 37, and Jose Luis Trejo-Yanez, after receiving a 911 call reporting suspicious activity...
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On 18 February, eight of Amtrak's 26 weekday trains between the Washington DC region and New York city were cancelled following track damage in a severe storm the previous day. CSX Transportation...
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On 23 February, according to the Orange County Register, a 57-year-old Los Angeles man fell onto the track at Irvine station and was hit by a Metrolink suburban passenger train. Paramedics treated...
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A resident of Beaver Dam, Kentucky, who drove onto the railway on 29 January, abandoned her vehicle when it became stuck on the track. Within minutes it was hit by a train. Kentucky State Police...
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