A train with 350 passengers aboard collided with a freight train. Two of the carriages “basically don’t exist anymore,” a regional governor said.
Tag: Railroads
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Ohio Train Derailment: Separating Fact From Fiction
A breakdown of what’s known, and what’s not, about the incident and its aftermath.
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10 Years After Lac-Mégantic Tragedy, Are Canada’s Rails Safe?
When a runaway train loaded with oil jumped the tracks in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, 47 people died in Canada’s worst rail disaster in nearly 150 years.
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NTSB Report on Ohio Train Derailment Says Crew Tried to Slow Down
An overheating wheel bearing set off an audible alarm on the train before it derailed this month, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.