March 27, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, March 26, 2024) The National Transportation Safety Board is looking at Norfolk Southern rules, procedures, and crew training relating to train handling as it continues its investigation into the collision and derailment involving three trains that...
March 4, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Lehigh Valley News, March 3, 2024) Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board continued work Sunday to determine why three freight trains collided and derailed near Steel City on March 2. Shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday, an eastbound freight...
February 23, 2024 | Canada, Derailment, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Global News, February 21, 2024) Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents more than 9,000 rail workers across Canada, is raising concerns about safety following three freight train collisions in B.C. in less than two months. Two TCRC members...
February 15, 2024 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, February 12, 2024) Seventeen cars of a BNSF intermodal train derailed early this morning (Monday, Feb. 12) east of Hazelton on the railroad’s Southern Transcon, KWNS-TV reports. Full story: Trains.com
February 15, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Sacramento Bee, February 12, 2024) A Union Pacific train carrying 118 tons of coal derailed Sunday due to a track defect and dumped its contents into and around Plumas County’s Feather River, according to railroad officials and the California Department of...
February 15, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Clinton Herald, February 10, 2024) No one was injured when a train derailed Friday in the Union Pacific rail yard at South 23rd Street and Liberty Avenue, spilling 1,000 to 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel. According to a release from the City of Clinton, the...
February 15, 2024 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: News Channel Nebraska, February 9, 2024) Hall County Emergency Management has confirmed there are no injuries after 57 BNSF train cars loaded with coal derailed near Cairo early Friday morning. Full story: News Channel Nebraska
February 15, 2024 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains.com, February 11, 2024) Fourteen cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed early Saturday morning near the town of Aurora, leading to a leak of molten sulfur from one car. No injuries were reported. Full story: Trains.com
February 5, 2024 | Derailment, Fatality, FRA, Legislation, News, NS, Railroad Safety
On January 25, 2024, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced a final rule requiring railroads to provide emergency escape breathing apparatuses to train crew members who work on hazardous materials trains. The FRA press release announcing the final rule...
November 29, 2023 | CSX, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, November 27, 2023) CSX says a failed wheel bearing caused the Nov. 22 derailment that led to an evacuation of residents in Livingston, Ky., on Thanksgiving. In a statement, the railroad said it has completed the removal of all 16 railcars involved...
