train derailment

MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. (AP) — Fires burned for hours after a train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in a snowstorm in West Virginia, plunging at least one tanker into a river while sending a fireball skyward, authorities and residents say.

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — PATH trains are rolling after 200 passengers were evacuated from a train that derailed in New Jersey.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — CSX crews are in Lynchburg, Virginia, trying to quickly clean up and clear more than a dozen derailed train cars, some of which were carrying crude oil and caught fire.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board is expressing alarm at a dramatic increase in hazardous liquids being hauled in freight trains.

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CHICAGO (AP) — An eight-car commuter train derailed early Monday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, injuring 32 people on board after it failed to stop at an underground station at one of the nation's busiest airports.

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barreling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is fueling questions about whether automated crash-avoidance technology could have prevented the deadly disaster.

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating what might have caused a commuter train to derail in New York City, killing four people and injuring more than 60 others.

A Hudson Line Metro North train that departed from Poughkeepsie, NY derailed in the Bronx at about 7:30 this morning before reaching its destination at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. Multiple media sources report that 4 people have died and 63 others suffered injuries. NY Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed the press this morning and confirmed the deaths.

FONDA, N.Y. (AP) — CSX Corp. says the derailment of two of its freight trains in the Mohawk Valley earlier this summer was caused by operator error.