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  • UPDATE: Team looking for Ohio train crash cause eyes rails

    July 12, 2012 7:00 AM

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Investigators say a train that partly derailed and exploded in Columbus, Ohio, was traveling below the speed limit before the crash, and its operators noticed no problems with the track as they approached the curve where it happened. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what... more »
  • 29 freight cars derail in NO

    August 10, 2010 8:15 AM

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) Investigators are trying to find the cause of a 29-car derailment of a freight train in New Orleans. No injuries were reported from Monday's accident. A fire department spokesman says tank cars involved in the wreck apparently were empty. The rest of the derailment involved hopper cars. more »
  • Update: Train Derailment in Erath

    July 8, 2010 2:07 PM

    According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, at approximately 10:20 am this morning July 8, 2010 the Sheriff’s Office responded to a Train Derailment just outside of the city limits of Erath. Sheriff Couvillon says that the train which is owned by La. Delta Railroads of 402... more »
  • Opelousas road closed to right derailed train

    February 18, 2010 10:42 AM

    OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) Part of Louisiana Highway 749 known in Opelousas as Railroad Ave. is closed while crews work to right a derailed freight train. Jim Herring of Union Pacific Railroad Co. says the 10 cars were carrying rocks for railroad track beds when they derailed Tuesday evening. Police Chief... more »

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