A 44-year-old Michigan man was taken into custody by police Friday, after he stabbed four passengers aboard an Amtrak train in the town of Niles, Michigan. According to a dispatcher at the Niles Police Department, none of the stabbing victims…
NYC Subway Derailment “Sparks” Inspection – And Friendly Connections
A New York City subway train derailed Friday morning while passing through a Queens tunnel. Involving six of the middle cars out of an eight-car Manhattan-bound ‘F’ line subway train, the incident reportedly left 19 of the 1,000 passengers injured.…
Selfie In Front Of A Train? That’s A Paddlin’
It was a delightful afternoon, Michael thought. Taking selfies with equipment he bought. So he stood by a train, which caused him some pain. “My face did the boot it did caught.” Enter Doofus McGee, AKA Jared Michael. In the…
Jenna Betti, 14, Killed By Train Reaching For Phone
“She was always laughing. If you would see her at the lunch table, sitting with her friends, she’s laughing and smiling,” said Jonathan Eagan, the principal at Martinez Junior High School. He is speaking about Jenna Betti, who was an…
Train Derailment in Canada Causes Fire, Homes Evacuated
Fire continues to burn Wednesday after a train carrying oil derailed in New Brunswick, Canada Tuesday. The train consisted of 122 cars and four locomotives. Only eight were transporting crude oil and propane from Canada, which were destined for an…
India Train: Fire Kills At Least 26
Early Saturday morning, an express train in India engulfed into flames near the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The Bangalore-Nanded express train was carrying 60 passengers, many who were traveling home for the holidays. Eight were injured where as 26…
Amtrak Crash in Virginia Injures One
Around 6 o’clock Thursday morning, authorities responded to a report of a car being involved in an accident on a railroad track in Waverly, Virginia. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities discovered that a 2000 Ford Crown Victoria (which also…
Metro-North Train Derails In New York [BREAKING]
A Metro-North train derailed early this morning in the Bronx along the Hudson River leaving two dead and many injured. Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, informed us that five out of the seven cars, coming South…
Amtrak Passenger Train Derails in South Carolina
A northbound Amtrak passenger train derailed early Monday morning in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, while en route to New York City from New Orleans. Four of the 218 passengers suffered minor injuries, and none of the seven of nine cars…
Oil Mislabeled in Canadian Train Disaster
Earlier this year, a freight train carrying North Dakota crude oil derailed and exploded in Canada. Now it seems the oil was mislabeled as a less dangerous type of crude oil, according to Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) officials. The…
Runaway Train Explodes in Canada, Evacuating Town
According to a report in Toronto’s Globe and Mail, a driver-less, runaway train carrying crude oil tankers rolled into the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, exploded like a bomb, and flattened the entire historic district of that town. At least 30…