June 24, 2014
Eight Union Pacific cars overturned in Central Texas and at least one tanker leaked a hazardous chemical used in natural gas processing. The Grimes County Sheriff’s Office says nobody was hurt in the June 23 derailment near Navasota. Authorities are …
August 6, 2013
About 100 homes remained evacuated as officials worked to clean up the site of a 26-car train derailment in Louisiana near the small community of Lawtell, about 60 miles west of Baton Rouge. State police said crews were working to …
May 28, 2013
Cleanup of a collapsed southeast Missouri highway overpass was underway on May 26, more than 24 hours after a cargo train crash led to a chain reaction. The crash, which happened about 2:30 a.m. on May 25 near Chaffee, led …
April 2, 2012
A Union Pacific spokesman says a southbound train derailed eight miles north of Sandpoint in northern Idaho after saturated soil gave way beneath a 350-foot section of track. Aaron Hunt says no hazardous materials spilled in the derailment involving 14 …