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Crews better-trained, but oil train fires overwhelm
INFORUMFARGO—Local fire chiefs say their crews are better-prepared for a fiery train derailment since the 2013 accident near Casselton—but also said oil train fires are too intense to fight.The...
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Track was inspected day before derailment, FRA says
INFORUMHEIMDAL, N.D.—Railroad tracks where an oil train derailed Wednesday in central North Dakota had been inspected by BNSF Railway a day earlier and by the Federal Railroad Administration about...
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Investigators review data from fatal Philadelphia train wreck; 7th death...
INFORUMPHILADELPHIA -- Rescue workers on Wednesday sifted through twisted metal and debris from the wreck of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven people and injuring scores of...
View ArticleTrain carrying gravel derails in Texas
INFORUMAUSTIN, Texas - A Union Pacific Corp freight train carrying gravel derailed south of San Antonio on Friday with no reported of injuries, the railroad company said.Thirty-two cars of...
View ArticlePassengers file lawsuit against Amtrak over deadly Philly derailment
INFORUMFour passengers on the Amtrak commuter train that derailed in Philadelphia last week filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the U.S. rail service, citing "serious and disabling" injuries, as...
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Tanker cars leaking, power cut off after train derailment near North...
INFORUMCULBERTSON, Mont. – A train carrying oil derailed in northeast Montana Thursday, hours after the tracks reopened from another train derailment that occurred on Tuesday in the same county.
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Derailment causes oil leak but 'no big orange glow'
INFORUMCULBERTSON, Mont. — Emergency responders who handled two train derailments in a week in the same northeastern Montana county say they're relieved no one was hurt and no fires resulted...
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Ethanol tankers derail, catch fire in South Dakota
INFORUMSCOTLAND, S. D. – A 98-car train partially derailed early Saturday, leaving a bridge toppled and tanker cars scattered across a rural pasture.Seven cars of a Burlington Northern Santa...
View ArticleActivists, community leaders, law enforcement huddle with Heitkamp for Safe...
INFORUMFARGO — She's only been Foster County emergency manager for nine months, so Jess Earl looked a little nervous when she strode up to a stranger sitting in the crowded...
View ArticleDerailed Wisconsin train leaks ethanol into Mississippi
INFORUMBNSF Railway Co crews have staunched the flow of ethanol from a freight train that derailed in Wisconsin after thousands of gallons of the denatured alcohol leaked into the Mississippi...
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