A freight train carrying ethanol derailed in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday morning, exploding into huge flames that lit the night sky and leading to the evacuation of a mile-wide area around the accident site, according to The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0711/Updated-Freight-train-derails-triggers-fiery-explosion-in-Ohio-video…
Three Men Die In Norway Train Accident
Three dock workers were killed in Norway Wednesday when 16 runaway train cars careened down a hill for three miles at a port on the outskirts of Oslo. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igERKDDvVX7IX54V2NwB9vuNn9FQD9ELL07G0 The empty cargo cars cut detached from a train, finally crashing…
Three Teens Struck and Killed By Train in Florida
Three teens were killed in a Florida train on Saturday. http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/train-kills-3-teen-girls-crossing-florida-bridge/19366904?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Ftrain-kills-3-teen-girls-crossing-florida-bridge%2F19366904 The teen girls and a male teen were in downtown Melbourne, Fla., when they left and crossed a train trestle bridge at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The male crossed…
Engineer invited teen to operate locomotive
Date: 3/3/2009 By KEVIN FREKING and DAISY NGUYENAssociated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A commuter train engineer text messaged a promise to a teenage railroad fan — “I’m gonna do all the radio talkin’ … ur gonna run the locomotive”…
Train engineer texted 22 seconds before LA crash
Date: 10/1/2008 10:07 PM By DAISY NGUYENAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A commuter train engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into freight train in Southern California last month, killing…
Rail safety bill advances in Senate
Date: 9/29/2008 1:41 PM By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ A sweeping rail safety reform bill that includes billions of dollars for Amtrak cleared a key vote in the Senate Monday, as lawmakers invoked the Sept. 12 train…
Train crash probe renews focus on texting dangers
Date: 9/16/2008 4:38 PM By JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer One day last summer, Jim Messer, a Florida attorney, was nearly run off the road by another car. When he recovered, he says, he was able to see the other driver…
Rail collision altered lives in and outside train
Date: 9/20/2008 1:52 PM By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ It was shaping up as a perfect afternoon when Kipp Landis climbed aboard the doomed Metrolink 111 train at Union Station. Landis had managed to get away…