Five attempts were made to connect two rail cars during a switching operation before a Pan Am Railways conductor was pinned between them and died, according to a preliminary report issued Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Police in …
A federal appeals court has upheld $250,000 in damages against Pan Am Railways, saying the company illegally retaliated against a Maine employee. The Portland Press Herald reports conductor Jason Raye told his supervisors about a pile of railroad ties next …
A new report says overloaded train cars caused a freight train derailment in Connecticut last year. Nine cars containing construction and demolition debris derailed in New Britain in December. Several businesses were evacuated and the state Department of Energy and …
