Residents Kept Out as Air Checked Near Derailed Ohio Train February 8, 2023 EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — It’s unclear when evacuated residents might be able to return home to the area where...
Safety Board: Mechanical Defect Caused Ohio Train Wreck February 7, 2023 EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A mechanical issue with a rail car axle caused the fiery derailment of dozens of...
50-Car Train Derailment Causes Big Fire, Evacuations in Ohio February 6, 2023 EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A freight train derailment in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line left a mangled and...
Montana Train Derailment Spills 31,000 Gallons of Gasoline October 3, 2022 BRIDGER, Mont. (AP) — An evacuation warning is in place for residents near the small town of Bridger in south-central...
Train Derailment in East Iran Kills at Least 22, Injures 87 June 10, 2022 By Nasser Karimi TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and nearly half its cars derailed...
Garbage Truck Hit by GOP Train Entered Tracks After Warning February 22, 2018 By DENISE LAVOIE Witnesses told investigators that a garbage truck struck by a train carrying Republican congressmen through rural Virginia entered the railroad...
Columbia River Train Derailment Costs Estimated to be $8.9M December 5, 2016 Six months after a train hauling Bakken crude oil derailed along the Columbia River Gorge, Washington, Oregon and other officials...
Lawyer Says Massachusetts Runaway Train Conductor Didn’t Tie Open Throttle December 21, 2015 By STEVE LeBLANC Massachusetts transit investigators looking into a runaway train are recommending that the operator be fired even as a lawyer for...
Part of New Jersey Train Derailment Lawsuit Dismissed August 21, 2015 By DAVID PORTER Two rail companies aren’t liable for some claims arising from the 2012 train derailment in southern New Jersey that released...
Railroad Settles Mississippi River Oil Spill Claim December 12, 2014 By RYAN J. FOLEY A railroad has agreed to pay $625,000 to settle allegations that it failed to adequately clean up a 2008 oil...