On 21 April, two CSX Transportation locomotives derailed and overturned in the Benning yard in north-east Washington DC. The local fire department was called to contain fuel and chemical spills....
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All passenger train services by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit were suspended on 28 April when a bush fire jumped the tracks near Union City, New Jersey, in the busy north-east corridor. Firefighters...
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On 18 April, Amtrak train 21, the Texas Eagle from Chicago to San Antonio in Texas, derailed a coach as it was pulling out of St Louis, Missouri. The affected vehicle was detached and passengers...
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On 2 April, near Jackson, Mississippi, the leading locomotive of southbound Amtrak express The City of New Orleans derailed when it hit a tree. None of the passenger coaches came off the line and the...
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On 23 March, a 19-year-old girl leaped six metres from a railway bridge into North Carolina's Grand River. According to Grand Ledge police chief Martin Underhill, quoted in the Lansing State Journal,...
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On 30 March, two Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) trains collided head-on at Caldwell, 86km south of Temple in Texas. One locomotive and three empty wagons derailed.
[ Temple lies 206km...
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On 14 March, 48-year-old Brenda Buggs, with four children (none her own) in the car, failed to hear or see an approaching train at a three-track crossing in Monroe, Louisiana. A westbound Kansas City...
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On 18 March, a Union Pacific freight train hit an empty semi-trailer at a crossing in North Shore near the Salton Sea, California. Highway. The big low-loading rig stuck as it attempted to cross, as...
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The Crimestoppers organisation offered up to $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of arsonists who caused extensive damage to rolling stock of the Union Pacific Railroad...
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At 07:15 on 25 March, 15 freight wagons derailed in a yard at Clarksville, Tennessee. No injuries were reported and no hazardous substances leaked. Three tankcars were involved but all were empty. The...
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