Sunset Limited: 25th anniversary of deadliest Amtrak crash in history

Editor’s Note: Two permanent plaques commemorate the tragedy and lives lost when the Sunset Limited plunged from the Big Bayou…

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Authorities say no one hurt after Union Pacific train derails into northwest Iowa river

By Austin Cannon, Des Moines Register; September 23, 2018 Authorities responded to another train derailment in a small northwest Iowa…

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Beavers may have contributed to fatal train derailment in northern Manitoba: Canada’s Transportation Safety Board

By The Canadian Press, The Globe And Mail; September 19, 2018 A Transportation Safety Board investigator says beavers may have…

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Canada: Hudson Bay Railway freight train derailment near Ponton kills one crew member and seriously injures another

From The Thompson Citizen; September 16, 2018 A 38-year-old man died and a 59-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in a…

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Opinion: Safer rail operations for nation is legacy of 2008 Metrolink Chatsworth train crash

By Art Leahy, The Orange County Register; September 8, 2018 Sometimes tragedy can be a vehicle for change. Ten years…

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Gust of wind a possible reason for 23-car Union Pacific train derailment in Utah

By Rhett Wilkinson, Staff Reporter, Millard County Chronicle Progress; September 4, 2018 Citing “Mother Nature,” “mixed freight” was damaged after…

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The Daily CSX: CSX coal cars derail near Amtrak station in Newport News, Virginia

By Josh Reyes, Reporter, Daily Press; September 2, 2018 CSX coal cars derailed in Newport News Sunday afternoon, according to…

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Texas: His first ride on a TRE train ended in an explosive 74 mph collision

By Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram; August 27, 2018 FORT WORTH – Steve Fucile of Dallas had never ridden…

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Texas: TRE train operations scheduled to resume after deadly weekend crash leaves 2 dead

By Domingo Ramirez Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram; August 26, 2018 FORT WORTH – TRE operations are scheduled to resume Monday…

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Here’s what happens when a train car’s shipping container loses its lunch

By Anthony Conroy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; August 7, 2018 While crews moved around shipping containers left over from Sunday’s train derailment,…

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Amtrak northbound Crescent train derails outside Washington Union Station; no injuries reported

By Faiz Siddiqui, The Washington Post; August 2, 2018 An Amtrak train derailed Thursday afternoon just outside Washington’s Union Station, but…

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Heatwave could cause further rail closures in Sweden

From The Local Sweden; July 30, 2018 More train lines could close temporarily due to the intense heatwave in Sweden,…

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Opinion: The thing about good news …

By David Schanoes, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; July 30, 2018 I thought I’d chance watching the video recording of NTSB’s July…

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The Daily CSX: Year after derailment, Pennsylvania town remains ‘on edge,’ has mixed relationship with CSX

  By Jeffrey Alderton, Cumberland Times-News, The Tribune-Democrat; July 28, 2018 HYNDMAN, Pa. – As Beverly Shaffer sits at a…

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Susquehanna railroad bridge collapses under train in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

By Curtis Tate, NorthJersey.com; July 28, 2018 RIDGEFIELD PARK — A New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway bridge partially collapsed early Saturday…

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The Daily CSX: CSX pays millions for groundwater contamination after derailment

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; July 24, 2018 CSX Corp. (Nasdaq: CSX) reached a settlement Tuesday with U.S.…

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The Daily CSX: Conductor in fatal South Carolina train crash said safety declined under CSX turnaround plan

  By Thad Moore, The Post and Courier; July 22, 2018 A day after he made a mistake that caused…

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The Daily CSX: Five revelations from the fatal Amtrak, CSX crash investigation

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; July 13, 2018 New details about the February collision of Amtrak and CSX…

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Amtrak Cascades train had mechanical failure before deadly crash, whistleblower says

By Chris Daniels, KING 5 NBC; July 12, 2018 An Amtrak electrician says the company sidestepped his safety concerns on…

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Moments before fatal South Carolina train crash, CSX workers wondered if they’d made a mistake

By Thad Moore, The Post and Courier; July 11, 2018 Moments before a passenger train slammed into parked locomotive outside…

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VIA Rail Canada services between Winnipeg and Gillam remain suspended

A press release from VIA Rail Canada; July 10, 2018: MONTREAL, July 10, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – Heavy rains in recent…

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Railroads have day of reckoning with National Transportation Safety Board

Amtrak Cascades Engineer for Train Number 501 just before fatal crash: “A moment later, he saw the 30-mph speed restriction…

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Amtrak Cascades engineer called trip ‘learning experience’ before fatal Washington State crash

By David Shepardson, Reuters, WSAU News/Talk 550 AM; July 10, 2018 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Amtrak engineer aboard a speeding…

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‘Everybody hated that curve’: Amtrak Cascades engineer told of worries before December crash south of Tacoma, Washington

By Mike Lindblom, Transportation Reporter, Seattle Times; July 10, 2018 The engineer in last December’s Amtrak Cascades derailment worried about…

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The Daily CSX: Investigators grill train company about deadly crash in South Carolina

By The Associated Press, WNYT, News Channel 13 NBC; July 10, 2018 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal investigators on Tuesday…

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