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Site of a train derailment on Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Mohawk, N.Y.
2015-07-29 11:29:27| Railroads - Topix.net
Language buried in a massive Senate transportation funding bill would extend the deadline for railroad implementation of a crucial safety mechanism from the end of 2015 to the end of 2018. Rail safety experts say that if such a system had been in place, it would have prevented the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia earlier this year and the deadly Metro North crash at Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx in December 2013.
Investigators: 2014 Derailment Caused by Human Error
2015-07-29 07:17:25| Railroads - Topix.net
A Federal Railroad Administration accident report says the Norfolk Southern Corp. freight train's dynamic brakes were adjusted too rapidly. The train was carrying automobiles and fingernail polish when 16 cars derailed in Wytheville on July 14, 2014.
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Officials: Oil Train Didn't Speed Before Montana Derailment
2015-07-20 21:57:04| Railroads - Topix.net
Federal railroad regulators say an oil train that derailed and spilled 35,000 gallons of oil in northeastern Montana was traveling within recommended speeds. U.S. Federal Railroad Administration spokesman Matthew Lehner said Monday that the train from North Dakota was traveling 44 mph before Thursday's wreck.
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Canadian National derailment halts rail service on major route
2015-07-19 09:27:17| Railroads - Topix.net
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Montana train derailment spilled 35,000 gallons of crude oil
2015-07-17 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A train derailment in rural eastern Montana spilled 35,000 gallons (132,489 liters) of crude oil and forced the evacuation of about 30 people, a U.S. official said on Friday in an email to state officials. About 20 cars on the Berkshire Hathaway-owned BNSF [BNISF.UL] crude oil train went off the rails east of Culbertson, Montana, on Thursday evening, officials said. There was no fire and no injuries were reported. A hazardous materials team from BNSF responded to the scene and contained the spilled...
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