July 24, 2019
CSX Corp.’s lax approach to safety caused a fatal collision between a passenger train and one of the company’s parked freight trains last year, U.S. accident investigators concluded Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board cited what it called multiple layers …
February 8, 2018
The third fatal Amtrak crash in less than two months has thrown a spotlight on delays in installing congressionally mandated technology designed to automatically slow trains and prevent collisions. In the most recent episode, work to install the new system, …
October 14, 2014
Millions of gallons of crude oil are passing through western Pennsylvania – up to 75 trains each week on their way to refineries in the East – according to records released by state emergency management officials. A Tribune-Review analysis of …
April 15, 2014
Railroad company CSX is asking a federal judge in West Virgina to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from the death of a Putnam County teenager who was hit by a train. The company says in its response to the lawsuit that …
January 23, 2014
Six train cars that derailed on a Philadelphia bridge this week carried the same type of flammable crude that exploded in a small Canadian town, killing 47 people. Although no oil spilled and no one was hurt, the CSX derailment …