On 18 February, 22 wagons in a freight train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway derailed near the city hall in Santa Fe. Ten were tankcars, some carrying propane. Two tankcars were...
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Railways in the north east of the United States were brought to a halt by the worst weather in decades. Washington's metropolitan system closed down all surface portions of its system, retaining...
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At about 02:40 on Friday 5 February, Amtrak's Capitol Limited - bound for Chicago from Washington with 115 passengers - made an unscheduled stop outside Connellsville, Pennsylvania, a former...
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On 8 February, a five-locomotive, 113-wagon Union Pacific freight train en route from Chicago to Butler, north-west of Milwaukee, derailed 24 vehicles in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. No injuries were...
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In the face of continued severe winter weather in the Mid-Atlantic and north-east, Amtrak issued a number of service adjustments for Wednesday, February 10:
'Despite adverse weather conditions, the...
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On 12 September 2008, 25 people lost their lives and more than 130 were injured (four critically) when three-coach, diesel-hauled, commuter train no 111, outbound about 45km north of Los Angeles on...
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On 2 February, a pantograph on a New Jersey Transit train fouled the overhead catenary in the south Manhattan tunnel. With all traffic confined to the single remaining operable track in the north...
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On 23 January, the leading locomotive of an Amtrak passenger train carrying 712 passengers derailed in Fairfax County, Virginia, just outside Washington DC. Several hundred Palm Beach County (Florida)...
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According to an Associated Press report datelined 18 January, police were looking for a 4 ton Union Pacific locomotive valued at $45,000, last seen in an Omaha (Nebraska) yard shortly before...
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Amtrak's Texas Eagle, which makes 26 stops between Chicago and San Antonio, Texas, on the 2,093km daily segment of its route, derailed on 10 January 2010, leaving 176 passengers and a crew of nine...
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