Federal investigators determined that a broken rail caused the fiery 2017 train derailment in northwest Iowa that released 322,000 gallons of ethanol. The National Transportation Safety Board has ruled that Union Pacific’s maintenance was inadequate before the March 2017 derailment …
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined a broken rail probably caused the derailment of a train carrying ethanol two years ago in South Dakota. The NTSB report says BNSF Railway’s decision to defer track maintenance and operate trains carrying …
Investigators say a broken rail was probably the cause of a fiery South Dakota train derailment in September 2015 that resulted in more than $1 million in damage. Seven cars of a BNSF Railway train derailed near the town of …
Canadian Pacific on Nov. 11 said a broken rail caused a weekend freight train derailment in Wisconsin that resulted in an oil spill and a precautionary evacuation. No one was injured in the incident on Nov. 8, which caused an …
