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• Two fatal train crashes in two days on same route

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2007 1:11 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  In a tragic story out of Florida, two train-vehicle collisions resulted in injury and death on the same Amtrack route just two days apart.Forbes.com reported the details of both accidents involving Amtrack trains en route from Miami to New York. On Monday four people died in a car that reportedly drove around another car and barriers into the path of a train full of passengers in Lakeland,...

• Chicago Train Derails Sending Dozens to the Hospital

  Chrissie Cole | November 30, 2007 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An Amtrak train traveling to Chicago from Grand Rapids derailed and plowed into the back of a freight train, Friday, injuring dozens of people. Eight of the 187 passengers were seriously injured in the train accident, according to authorities. Three people in the engine of the Amtrak train, apparently all Amtrak employees, were among the most seriously injured, said Larry Langford, a spokesman...

• Truck and Green Line Train collide in Boston

  Staff Writer | September 04, 2007 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A story out of Boston today details a metro green line train crash that held up the morning commute for many and caused three injuries. WCVBTV/DT 5 reports the story, saying that the trolley train crash occurred at 7:15 a.m. when a flatbed truck was crossing the tracks at Beacon Street. The truck driver and two others were injured in the train accident. There is no update on the severity of...

• Fatal weekend wreck claims three lives

  Staff Writer | June 14, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A rising senior at University of Alabama and three other passengers died in a tragic weekend car crash on a Georgia highway, reports The Crimson White campus newspaper.The UA senior reportedly died in the accident that happened around midnight when the driver of a 2005 Jeep Liberty lost control of the SUV and flipped the vehicle several times. Apparently three other passengers who were not...

• Railroad safety becomes big issue in Alabama

  Staff Writer | April 25, 2007 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  CSX and retired NASCAR driver Bobby Allison are combining efforts to publicize railroad-crossing safety among the general public at the Talladega Superspeedway, said a report from The Associated Press.Train collisions have recently been responsible for a number of deaths in Alabama, so CSX has created a public safety campaign entitled, "Keep on Living." This will include radio public service...

• Another side to the train safety debate

  Staff Writer | April 17, 2007 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In an article last week in The Decatur Daily, residents in Falkville protested over the CSX recommendation of closing a railroad crossing after deadly accidents have occurred there. CSX blieves that the safety of motorists and its own employees is at stake. Cain, a former locomotive engineer, said safety is the driving force behind CSX's appeal. "We're running 32 trains per day through town, and...

• Train crossing safety up for debate

  Staff Writer | April 16, 2007 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An interesting article from The Decatur Daily addresses the need for crossing gates at railroad crossing, and the lack of action from the roilroad companies. The columnist points to the recent death of a man in Limestone County, who died after being hit by a train while operating farming equipment. If there had been an automated gate to warn him of the train, this man's life would have been...

• Van-train collision claims four lives

  Staff Writer | February 08, 2007 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An deadly train accident early Thursday morning is said to have been the Thorsby area's sixth train-vehicle wreck in just two years, according to The Birmingham News. Eight men were riding in a van when they collided with a 38-car CSX train that was hauling automobiles and had two locomotives. Residents and others say the railroad crossing was missing an arm of the "X" and had a damaged sign....

• Area evacuated after Kentucky train derailment

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2007 5:42 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A major train crash occurred in Kentucky yesterday, when several train cars carrying flammable substances derailed and exploded. A section of Interstate 65 was closed, and many nearby homes, schools and businesses evacuated due to fears of contamination in the area due to the chemical fire.Bullitt County resident Daymon Strange said he was outside his home less than a half-mile from the crash...