BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (AP) – About 15 cars of a freight train derailed Wednesday night just south of Chicago. No injuries or leaks were reported and no hazardous materials were involved in the derailment around 9:30 p.m. in Blue Island, …
KENDLETON, Texas (AP) – No injuries were reported after three empty tank cars derailed but remained upright in a Southeast Texas rail yard on Monday, the train’s owner said. A locomotive leaked fuel but it was contained, Kansas City Southern …
A Union Pacific freight train carrying lumber derailed in Southern California on Monday, sending 13 rail cars and three locomotives off the tracks. No injuries were reported after the derailment around 7:30 a.m. near Colton in San Bernardino County east …
Three passengers suffered minor injuries Sunday when a New York City subway train derailed after hitting construction debris that had been thrown onto the tracks, authorities said. The derailment happened at about 8:15 a.m. at the 14th Street and Eighth …
The vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board in the final report on a deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington in 2017 blasted what he described as a “Titanic-like complacency” among those charged with ensuring train operations were safe. The …
The Long Island Rail Road says train service to the Hamptons has resumed after a derailment halted service for two days. The railroad said on Twitter Monday that the 7:04 train from Montauk would be the first westbound train to …
Police in Northfield, Vermont, are investigating the death of a man who was hit by the passing Amtrak Vermonter passenger train. WCAX-TV reports a resident in the Vermont town was at a pedestrian crossing in downtown Northfield when he stumbled …
Federal investigators say speed and a lack of awareness were likely to blame for an accident last year near Philadelphia, Penn., involving three out-of-service SEPTA trains. A train rear-ended a stopped train near the 69th Street Station, causing several cars …
The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into next year. A judge on Wednesday told prosecutors she will review Brandon Bostian’s case, and she set a hearing …
A train with about 1,200 passengers became stuck in a tunnel between New York and New Jersey for nearly three hours on Friday, and the chaotic scene escalated to pandemonium when Amtrak police used a stun gun to subdue a …
