Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is “concerned” by the impacts of the trail derailment near East Palestine, he said in a statement late Monday — days after residents were force to evacuate due to the release of toxic chemicals.
The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line last week spewed more harmful pollutants into the air, surface soils and water table than originally reported, fresh data made available Monday suggests.
A federal lawsuit has been launched in the wake of the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line last week.
At a press conference Monday, Ohio officials announced they would perform a “controlled release” of five derailed train cars holding vinyl chloride Monday at 3:30 p.m. as they pose a threat of a “catastrophic explosion” that could send shrapnel as far as a mile.
The Premier Quebec has claimed anti-pipeline blockaders are armed with AK-47 rifles, their protests crippling the Canadian rail system.
Foul play is suspected by at least one source following the third train derailment in Canada this month after left-wing extremists called on supporters to sabotage the country’s rail system.
Follow Breitbart News for updates on the derailment of Amtrak Cascades Train 501 near Dupont, WA, with multiple fatalities reported.
SUNOL, Calif. (AP) — The front car of a commuter train plunged into a swollen creek after a fallen tree reportedly derailed the train Monday night in Northern California, injuring nine people, authorities said. Crews had to fight the creek’s
A train derailment near the North Texas town of Corsicana is being blamed on flooding related to former Hurricane Patricia. The freight train derailed after flood waters washed away a section of the train tracks.
A train that derailed and spilled 35,000 gallons of oil in northeastern Montana was traveling within authorized speed limits, federal officials said Monday as they continued to probe the accident’s cause.
As the nation comes to grips with Tuesday evening’s Amtrak accident that took the lives of seven passengers, government sources reveal that rail accidents and derailments have increased over the last few years, with Amtrak’s rates higher than the rest.
After Tuesday night’s catastrophic Amtrak derailment, resulting in the deaths of at least six people and injuries to more than 140 others, the political class has weighed in: we must spend more money on infrastructure.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rescue crews searched the mangled wreckage for victims Wednesday as investigators tried to determine why an Amtrak train jumped the tracks in a crash that killed at least six people, injured more than 200 and plunged screaming passengers into darkness and chaos.
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) traveled to his state of North Dakota to view the train derailment that occurred Wednesday morning near Heimdal, North Dakota. He noted that “no amount of regulations” would prevent accidents from occurring.
Two men accused of plotting to attack a passenger train travelling from New York to Toronto were found guilty of several terror-related charges and could spend the rest of their lives in prison.
The rail cars that split open and burst into flames during a western Illinois oil train derailment this week had been retrofitted with protective shields to meet a higher safety standard than federal law requires, according to railroad officials.