Archive for the ‘Train Derailments’ Category
HARRISBURG, PA – A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on the Rockville Bridge that spans the Susquehanna River and sent two empty containers over the side of the bridge and into the river.
Harrisburg is in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the central part of the state about 107 miles northwest of Philadelphia. ... Read More
McGREW, NE – Union Pacific workers are clearing a massive train pile-up near McGrew, Nebraska where 59 rail cars loaded with coal derailed on Sunday morning December 26 at about 6:30 am.
The UP train, which had 135 cars and three locomotives, was traveling eastbound.
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MANITOU, KY – On Saturday, December 18, 2010 A CSX coal train derailed in Manitou, KY spilling coal and causing heavy damage.
Manitou is in Hopkins County Kentucky in the western part of the state, about 6 miles northwest of Madisonville. ... Read More
JAMESTOWN, ND – Crews in Jamestown, North Dakota were working to clean up coal and metal while trying to get both rail tracks open from a 21-car BNSF coal train derailment that happened Sunday morning, December 12, at about 7:00 am.
Twenty-one out of 123 cars, derailed spilling more than 1,000 tons of coal wrecking cars on the two mainline tracks through the city. ... Read More
PRICHARD, AL – A train owned by Canadian National Railway carrying coal derailed Friday morning, December 10, on Highway 45 between First Avenue and Cayouga Street in Prichard Alabama.
Prichard’s spokesperson Latoya Veal told FOX 10 News that about 10 cars derailed and three overturned. ... Read More
ST. ALBANS, VT – Two propane tanker cars tipped over on their sides in a train derailment in St. Albans, VT on December 7, 2010.
St. Albans is located in Franklin County, Vermont in the northern part of the state about 64 miles northwest of Montpelier. ... Read More
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – On Tuesday, November 30, 2010 an Iowa Northern Railway derailed in downtown Cedar Rapids, IA spilling a load of corn on the roadway and tying up traffic.
Cedar Rapids is located in Linn County, Iowa in the east-central part of the state, about 128 miles northeast of Des Moines. ... Read More
PUEBLO, CO – A BNSF train hauling coal derailed in Pueblo, CO in a spectacular crash on Saturday morning, November 27, 2010.
Pueblo is in Pueblo County, Colorado in the southern part of the state, about 112 miles southeast of Denver. ... Read More
ROODHOUSE, IL – Eight rail cars of a Kansas City Southern Railway train occurred about 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, November 16, when the eastbound train being pulled by four engines slowed to make the curve onto southbound tracks at the Roodhouse Rail Yard. Eight empty grain cars behind the engines derailed to the west of the tracks that run parallel to U.S. Route 67 through Roodhouse.
Roodhouse Police Chief Steve Speeks said Thursday that the superintendent of the city’s Street Department continues to keep West Rowe Street blocked from traffic because of road damage caused by Tuesday morning’s derailment of a 144-car Kansas City Southern Railway Co. train. ... Read More
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OH – A Norfolk Southern train crash derailed twenty-six cars Tuesday morning, November 16, at approximately 7:05 a.m. near the railroad yard between Harris and Abbe roads. The Sheffield Village Fire Department is monitoring cleanup efforts at the scene. Norfolk Southern officials indicated crews would be working for 12 to 18 hours to clean up the scene of the crash.
The derailment was confirmed by SVFD Chief Jeffrey Young in a news released faxed to Fox 8 News. Sheffield firefighters responded to the scene shortly after 7 a.m. The area where the wreck occurred is used for storage of new vehicles by the sprawling Ford Motor Co. plant located just east of the derailment site off Abbe Road. ... Read More