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Ex-Safety Chief Pleads Innocence in Spain Train Crash Case

MADRID (AP) — The former head of safety for Spain’s state-owned rail infrastructure company told a court Thursday that he was not responsible for the 2013 train crash that killed 80 passengers and injured 145 more. Andres Cortabitarte and the …

Montana Train Derailment Spills 31,000 Gallons of Gasoline

BRIDGER, Mont. (AP) — An evacuation warning is in place for residents near the small town of Bridger in south-central Montana after a train derailed and two fuel cars ruptured and leaked an estimated 31,000 gallons (117,000 liters) of gasoline, …

16th Firebomb Found Near German Rail Tracks

Police on Thursday found bottles filled with a potentially explosive mix of liquid and powder beside train tracks in southwestern Berlin on Thursday, the 16th firebomb discovered in four days. Investigators found the bomb, which hadn’t exploded, hidden in the …

New Arson Attack on German Train Tracks Foiled

An attempted arson attack on a railway link in Germany’s capital with three separate explosives devices was thwarted Tuesday, police said. It was the third in two days targeting railway operations in and around Germany’s capital. A railway employee found …