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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Amtrak, Transportation Industry, South Norwalk, Mount Vernon
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Derailment of train cars hauling corn leaves mess
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — The derailment of train cars hauling corn left a big mess in one Michigan community. The Saginaw News reports (http://bit.ly/ZZ5MnO ) the two train cars from the Lake State Railway tipped over Wednesday near the border...Tags: Transportation Accidents
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Counselors available after teen killed by train
CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — Grief counselors are being made available at Charlotte High School a day after a 16-year-old student was struck and killed by a freight train. The Lansing State Journal reports that counselors will be available until noon...Tags: Transportation Accidents
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Police determine cause of deadly Goshen train accident
GOSHEN – Police say suicide was the cause of a deadly train-pedestrian collision in Goshen that killed a New Paris man Sunday night. Goshen police say shortly before 8 p.m., officers learned about a pedestrian who was struck by a freight train...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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UPDATE: Derailment delays South Shore service, now restored
All South Shore train service was temporarily suspended because of a CN freight train derailment at Broadway in Gary north of the South Shore tracks. Hazmat was called to the scene to clean up a gas leak from the derailment. Hazmat crews have since...
Tags: Transportation Accidents
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UPDATE: Train derailment brought South Shore rail service to halt
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – People trying to ride the South Shore Railroad Monday morning were forced to find another ride. That’s because a South Shore train derailed in Michigan City. That derailment suspended all South Shore service between South Bend...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Metra, South Shore
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Train derails after hitting trailer near Logansport
LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — A freight train has derailed in north central Indiana after striking the trailer of a truck stopped on the tracks. The engines of the Norfolk Southern train derailed Monday morning along Indiana 25 south of Logansport,...
Tags: Delphi Corp, Transportation Accidents, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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Father may be charged in train-car crash that sent daughter to hospital
WSBT-TVCOLOMA, Mich. – A little girl remains in the hospital in a partial body cast after the car she was riding in was hit by a train. Her father was driving and may be charged. Michigan State Police investigator Steve Vrablic says detectives reviewed...Tags: Amtrak, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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INVESTIGATIVE UPDATE: NTSB on Amtrak derailment in Niles
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board has released some more information regarding the Amtrak train derailment in Niles on Sunday. The derailment happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. a half-mile north of the Jerry Tyler Memorial...
Tags: Amtrak, Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board
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Coloma teen dies in car vs. train crash
An Amtrak train en route to Grand Rapids collided with a Coloma teen’s car late Tuesday night on 52nd Avenue, just east of C.R. 687, in Van Buren County’s Hartford Township.
Zachariah Zellmer, 19, died at the scene after his car became wedged...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Mile-wide evacuation after massive train derailment in Columbus, OH
Part of a freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Ohio's capital city early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews monitored...
Tags: Biofuels, Fires, Explosions, American Red Cross, Transportation Accidents
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Shifting winds cause setback at derailment scene
WSBT-TV ReporterLIGONIER, Ind. – Cleanup crews working on the burning train cars that derailed Tuesday say they’ve suffered a setback. Shifting winds have led to additional road closures and more evacuations. A quarter mile stretch along County Road 1100...Tags: Fires, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American Red Cross, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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