KEATCHIE, La. (AP) – About 130 people in north Louisiana are under a mandatory evacuation Saturday after a train derailed and at least two of the cars involved began leaking hazardous products, state police said. The Union Pacific Railroad train …
No one was injured when an Alaska Railroad train derailed Tuesday near Girdwood after running into an avalanche field. Three crew members were aboard the freight train when it hit the snow field just before 2 a.m., railroad spokesperson Christy …
The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana community, officials said. No injuries were reported in the derailment in the community of Paulina in St. James Parish, about …
A train derailment sent a dozen rail cars off the tracks Thursday morning near Detroit, snarling traffic while emergency responders assessed the damage, officials said. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said 12 of the train’s 151 cars derailed about 7:30 a.m. …
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 a new investigative report. Twelve railroad cars derailed after the …
Several rail cars caught fire after at least 11 cars of a BNSF train derailed near Burlington, North Dakota early Sunday, but no injuries were reported. The railroad said in a statement that the train derailed between Minot and Des …
The MBTA is temporarily pulling some of its newer subway cars out of service so it can conduct safety inspections after a derailment this week. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it was pulling its next generation Orange Line cars …
A train derailment in metro Atlanta early Sunday sparked a small fire, created runoff concerns and briefly forced some residents from their homes, a fire official said. The CSX train with about 170 cars, including three locomotives, ran off the …
A passenger train hit a landslide before derailing in Scotland [on Wednesday, Aug. 12], killing three people, UK rail investigators confirmed Friday. A train track obstruction had been suspected of playing a role in Wednesday’s derailment near the coastal town …
Britain suffered its worst train crash in more than 15 years after a derailment in Scotland killed three people, including the driver, and left another six injured. The Scotrail service was traveling from Aberdeen to Glasgow when it left the …
