Train Disaster News

In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo bystanders react as emergency personnel respond to an accident after a parade float carrying veterans was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, killing four veterans and injuring sixteen others.

A traffic alert for drivers who travel on Meade Avenue - the street closed Tuesday at the intersection with Carlton Road while crews put in a new railroad crossing.

A fourth-grader at a school that took a direct hit from Monday's deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, recalled a sound "like a train" as the twister struck and an act of heroism by a teacher.

The accident happened as the Canadian Pacific Rail eastbound train was rolling through an area near the village of Jansen, about 150 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon.

News Shopper understands the accident happened between the Charlton Lane level crossing and Charlton station at around 9am this morning.

Police responded to a semi-rollover on Clovis Rd. and Lubbock Landmark Lane Tuesday.

Commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.

Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling.

MOORE , Oklahoma - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed.

Crews maneuver heavy machinery to clear the tracks after two trains collided early Monday morning, May 20.

The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Department is still investigating the scene where a 45-year-old Potsdam man was struck by a locomotive Sunday night.

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Brooks, 58, of Staten Island, N.Y. had taken the train into Connecticut Friday to drop off donated prom dresses for Bassick and Central High School students in Bridgeport.

When the weather gets warm in Longmont, the windows open. The yard work starts. And the train horn complaints begin to pile up all over again.

Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned on Sunday.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple - all week.

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.

A second body has been discovered in the remains of a terraced house which was destroyed by a suspected gas blast.

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. As investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board continue their review of Friday's Metro-North train crash, they are looking at what role a fractured rail joint may have played in the accident, according to board member Earl Weener.