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Balto. Co. train derailment drew 911 calls from miles away
An employee at a scaffolding company next to the railroad tracks in Rosedale was one of the first people to see the train leave its tracks after it rammed into a truck last month. "There's just a train wreck in front of us and it's on fire," the man...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, White Marsh, Disasters and Accidents, Explosions, Transportation Industry
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Metra: Freight derailment snarls SouthWest Line service
Tribune reporterMetra's SouthWest Line trains are on the move again through the Fuller Park neighborhood where a freight train derailed this morning, but delays of up to 90 minutes plagued the evening rush hour, according to Metra. “We want commuters to know...Tags: Metra, Amtrak, Washington, DC, Transportation Accidents, Fuller Park
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New details emerge in probe of Rosedale train derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board released new details Wednesday on its investigation into last month's train derailment and explosion in Rosedale, finding that more chemicals were released in the crash than originally reported. NTSB...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Disasters and Accidents, Explosions, Transportation Industry, U.S. Department of Transportation
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No passengers hurt in N. Ind. Amtrak-tractor crash
MONON, Ind. (AP) — An Amtrak train traveling from Indianapolis to Chicago on Wednesday collided with a farm tractor hauling a tank of anhydrous ammonia across a northern Indiana rail crossing, injuring two people, officials said. White County...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Amtrak, Fertilizer, Transportation Accidents
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Arbutus volunteers among units responding to train derailment in Lansdowne
Among the 81 calls for medical and fire-rescue service the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received during the period June 2-9 were the following: Hammonds Ferry Road at Railway Avenue, 7:58 p.m. June 7. Crews from the Lansdowne, Arbutus, English...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Diabetes, Dundalk, Catonsville, Stroke
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NTSB: Mo. train collision caused $11M in damage
CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) - Federal investigators say a Union Pacific freight train involved in a collision with another freight train had a signal to stop at the rail intersection where the crash occurred in southeast Missouri. The May 25 accident occurred...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Union Pacific Corporation, Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents
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Garbage train derails in Lansdowne
A CSX train carrying trash from upstate New York derailed Friday evening in Lansdowne, Baltimore County officials said. No injuries were reported, and police said the train was not carrying hazardous materials. "No injuries, no fire, no hazmat," said...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Disasters and Accidents, Baltimore County, Transportation Industry, Ellicott City
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Highway Patrol identifies driver of SUV hit by train near Elwood
news@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man from Springfield is in serious condition after the SUV he was driving was hit by a train on Farm Road 97 near Elwood on Thursday evening. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says Justin Napper, 21, failed to yield and...Tags: Railway Transportation, Transportation Accidents
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Truck driver injured in train derailment discharged from hospital
John Alban Jr., the driver seriously injured after his truck collided with a freight train in Rosedale last week — triggering an explosion felt around the region — was discharged from the hospital. Maryland Shock Trauma Center spokeswoman...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents
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COLUMN: A mandate that is off the rails
Texting while driving is dangerous, especially if you are driving a train. A commuter train engineer was texting on Sept. 12, 2008, near Los Angeles, when he missed a stop signal and crashed into a freight train. Twenty-five people died. Congress...Tags: Taxation, Investments, CSX Corporation, Crime, Law and Justice, Travel
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Ungated railroad crossings pose dangers
Widely used but little acknowledged, the railroad crossing at Hollins Ferry Road just outside the Baltimore Beltway in Halethorpe is an accident waiting to happen, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. It almost claimed Colleen Zaccagnino...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Disasters and Accidents, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, CSX Corporation
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