June 29, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, PSR
(Source: Fulton Sun, June 29, 2022) One of Missouri’s busiest railroad lines is shut down after an Amtrak train struck a dump truck and derailed Monday afternoon, killing four people. The incident and subsequent investigation has potential to delay supply...
June 29, 2022 | Amtrak, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: National Public Radio, June 28, 2022) A passenger on board the Amtrak train that crashed into a truck and derailed in Missouri on Monday, killing four people, has described the accident as “hell on Earth.” Full story:...
June 28, 2022 | Amtrak, Derailment, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, June 28, 2022) NEW YORK — Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train 4 traveling eastbound from Los Angeles to Chicago on June 27 derailed after striking a dump truck obstructing a public highway/rail grade crossing in Missouri. Three people have died as a...
June 21, 2022 | CN, Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, June 20, 2022) NEW YORK — Two separate and unrelated coal train derailments occurred this weekend. The first occurred on Union Pacific on Friday evening in Lawrence, Kan., just west of Kansas City. The second derailment...
June 20, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Hays Post, June 19, 2022) Authorities and railroad officials are investigating a massive train derailment in Douglas County. Just after 5p.m. Friday, coal cars detached from an engine on Union Pacific tracks at North 1900 Road, according to the Douglas County...
June 20, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Kansas City Star, June 19, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A drone’s infrared technology was used this weekend to help check for dangerous hot spots after about 40 rail cars of a Union Pacific Corp. coal train derailed near Lawrence, police said in a release. Full...
June 10, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, June 9, 2022) TEMPE, Ariz. — A broken rail was the probable cause of a fiery freight train derailment and subsequent bridge collapse in Arizona nearly two years ago, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its investigative report...
June 8, 2022 | Amtrak, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, June 7, 2022) NEW YORK — A settlement has been reached more than four years after Amtrak Cascades train 501, on its inaugural Point Defiance Bypass run, derailed in DuPont, Wash., as it entered a 30-mph curve at approximately 79 mph. Full story:...
May 31, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 29, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — All of the rail cars from Thursday’s train derailment in Hamar have been removed from Guys Run Creek, including a car containing petroleum distillate, the Environmental Protection Agency said...
May 27, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 26, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — More than a dozen train cars derailed Thursday afternoon after a train collided with a dump truck in Harmar, sending many of the cars into an inlet along the Allegheny River. The driver of the truck and...
