Tag: Railroad Accidents and Safety

Freight Train Derails Along Lehigh River

Several freight train cars derailed onto the banks of the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, in Pennsylvania on Saturday, spilling diesel fuel and plastic pellets into the water, the authorities said. Northampton County Emergency Management Services and the Lehigh County hazardous materials team responded to the derailment in Lower Saucon Township, Pa., […]

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Biden Set to Visit East Palestine, a Year After Fiery Train Derailment

One year after a fiery train derailment spilled thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, President Biden will travel there on Friday and face a politically divided community anxious over the long-term health consequences of an environmental catastrophe. Mr. Biden, who promised to visit soon after the disaster, has faced criticism from […]

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New Subway Fare Gates and Platform Barriers Fail to Impress New Yorkers

Transit officials have struggled for years with two of the subway system’s most vexing problems: the dozens of people struck by trains every year and the millions of dollars lost to fare beaters. In the latest efforts to find solutions, they are testing new fare gates to stop turnstile jumpers and metal platform barriers to […]

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Since the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment, Accidents Have Risen

After a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed a year ago in East Palestine, Ohio, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents and upending life in the town for months, the rail industry pledged to work to become safer, and members of Congress vowed to pass legislation to prevent similar disasters. No bill was passed. […]

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He Died in a Tragic Accident. Why Did the Internet Say He Was Murdered?

It was the kind of tragic accident that reverberates through a community: a first-year college student, out late in New York City on New Year’s Eve, falls onto the subway tracks and is killed by an oncoming train. Word of the 19-year-old’s death spread quickly among the people who knew the young man, Matthew Sachman, […]

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After Years of Delays, Amtrak Moves Toward Faster Trains in the Northeast

After years of delays and safety and design disputes, Amtrak is one step closer to bringing new high-speed trains to the busy Northeast Corridor. Amtrak officials said late Friday that the new trains, which had failed an extended series of computer modeling tests, had passed on the 14th try and had been cleared by the […]

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Emergency Brake Vandalism Led to NYC Subway Derailment That Injured Dozens

The collision between two subway trains that injured dozens of people in Manhattan last week began with what has become a routine problem in New York City’s mass transit system — pranksters pulling emergency brakes. All New York City subway cars are equipped with emergency brakes, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said, which means that most […]

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Subway Train Derails in Brooklyn in 2nd Such Episode in a Week

A subway train derailed in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, the police said. It was the second derailment in New York City’s mass-transit system in less than a week. The train, a northbound F, went off the tracks between the West Eighth Street and Neptune Avenue stations in Coney Island shortly before 12:30 p.m., the police […]

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Subway Service Is Fully Restored After Derailment in Manhattan

Subway service on the 1, 2 and 3 train lines in Manhattan was fully restored on Sunday, more than 60 hours after a collision between two trains left 26 people injured, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said in a social media post. The service disruption began around 3 p.m. on Thursday when a train carrying about […]

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Subway Service Still Snarled as M.T.A. Works to Remove Derailed Train

Subway service remained disrupted on three subway lines on the West Side of Manhattan on Friday morning, transit officials said, a day after two trains collided and derailed, injuring 26 people. Service was suspended on the 1 and 3 lines between Times Square and Harlem, and the 2 train was running on the 5 line […]

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Subway Trains Collide in Manhattan, Causing Derailment, M.T.A. Says

Two subway trains collided near West 96th Street in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, causing one of them to derail, the authorities said. Eight people aboard a northbound 1 train were injured when it collided with a work train around 3 p.m., according to officials and an internal police report about the collision. The injuries were […]

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East Palestine Residents Still Waiting for Biden Visit

When Jessica Conard heard that President Biden would visit her community in East Palestine, she felt a sense of relief. Mr. Biden’s presence, she believed, would signal to the world that nothing short of disaster happened here in February, when a Norfolk Southern train skipped the tracks and spilled thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals […]

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Amtrak Train Derails in Michigan After Hitting Vehicle on Tracks

An Amtrak passenger train carrying more than 200 passengers derailed in Michigan on Thursday night after striking a vehicle on the tracks; there were no immediate reports of injuries, the national railroad company said. Amtrak said the accident happened about 10 p.m. near New Buffalo, Mich., a township near Lake Michigan, about an hour east […]

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Dozens Are Injured in Chicago Train Crash

Dozens of people were injured on Thursday morning when a Chicago Transit Authority train struck a plow on the tracks on Chicago’s North Side, the authorities said. Twenty-three people were taken to hospitals in conditions ranging from serious to fair, with head injuries and other types of non-life-threatening injuries, Keith Gray, an assistant deputy chief […]

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