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Danville train wreck remembered 109 years later
Danville Newsroom ChiefA deadly train wreck 109 years ago is being remembered this weekend in Danville. Model train enthusiast from around the country worked on building an entire miniature train route today at the Danville Science Center. It's part of a weekend exhibit to...Tags: Science, Transportation Accidents, Science and Technology
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Girls Killed While Playing Deadly Game of 'Ghost Train'
KTLA NewsPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Two girls were struck and killed by an Amtrak train while playing a game called 'Ghost Train.' The accident happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at a railroad crossing near Poplar Bluff in southeast Missouri. Authorities say five...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Amtrak
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Metra, Plainfield woman settle lawsuit from 2003 derailment
Tribune reporterMetra and the family of a Plainfield woman injured in the 2003 derailment of a Rock Island Line train have agreed to settle a personal injury lawsuit for $1.8 million, according to the family's attorney and Metra. Kathryn Kuk, 54, suffered multiple...Tags: Metra, Transportation Accidents, Injuries and Wounds, Back Pain
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Exhibit shows rocky side of relationship between trains and Sykesville
The Town of Sykesville has had a long love affair with trains, but even true love can be strained now and then. A new exhibit opening this month at the Sykesville Gate House Museum of History, "Gone Off the Rails: When Safety Fails," explores the times...Tags: Railway Transportation, Sykesville, Transportation Accidents, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Father charged in Elgin accident involving Metra train
Tribune reporterA father of two was charged with four misdemeanors Sunday after his car missed a bend in the road, collided with a guard rail and was struck by a Metra train Saturday night, severely injuring his 14-month-old daughter, according to Elgin police. Pedro...Tags: Prosecution, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Metrolink Unveils New 'Positive Train Control' Safety System
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Metrolink officials were scheduled to unveil a new safety system Monday morning designed to keep trains from colliding, even in case of human error. Called "positive train control" technology, the system links passenger and...Tags: Human Mishaps, Transportation Accidents, Science and Technology
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Metrolink previews $200-million crash prevention system
Metrolink on Monday previewed a pioneering, $200-million crash prevention project for a top federal safety official, who expressed concern about railroad industry efforts to postpone deadlines for installing the sophisticated train safety system in...
Tags: Dan Weikel, Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Los Angeles Times
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Derailment probe appears to focus on track condition
Track conditions on a CSX Transportation railroad line appear to be the focus of a federal investigation into the train derailment that killed two women in Ellicott City last month. A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Ellicott City, Transportation Industry, Railway Transportation, Transportation Accidents
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Ellicott City train derailment 911 calls depict stunned bystanders
Four callers sounded stunned as they told dispatchers that a train had just derailed in downtown Ellicott City, but none reported seeing anyone near the Aug. 20 wreck that killed two 19-year-olds, according to 911 recordings released Friday by Howard...
Tags: Coal, Disasters and Accidents, Ellicott City, Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents
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Sunday morning wakeup call: A train in the yard
Tribune reportersErnie Pentek and his son first thought the big bang that woke them Sunday morning was residual effects from Hurricane Isaac. "(My son), he's 14 and he got up and he goes 'Dad, Isaac's here!'," said Pentek, who at Pentek at first considered that the...Tags: Hurricane Isaac (2012), Transportation Accidents
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Cause of death determined in Ellicott City train derailment deaths
Loved ones and friends prepared to say goodbye to the two young women who perished in a train derailment in Ellicott City as the first of the viewings began Thursday evening. Cars lined both sides of the quiet residential street leading up to the...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Accidental Death, Religion and Belief, Amtrak, Roman Catholicism
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Hundreds mourn victim of train derailment
Some 700 mourners filled the pews Friday for a funeral Mass for 19-year-old Elizabeth Conway Nass, who died after being "at the wrong place at the wrong time," Monsignor John A. Dietzenbach said, referring to this week's tragic train derailment in...
Tags: Ellicott City, Transportation Industry, Religion and Belief, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board
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