Pieces of US mail were scattered across eastern Columbus, Ohio early this week after a car driver cut off the driver of a US mail truck. The truck slammed into a tree and scattered mail all over the road. Parts of Agler Road in Columbus had to be shut down as police cleared the…
The firm made a donation to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore.
A coal train derailment in western Alabama that drew almost no news coverage from even local television stations left two Norfolk Southern employees injured badly enough to require hospital treatment. The railroad accident occurred in the rural Wilcox County community of Alberta at a grade crossing near the intersection of County Road 29 and Highway…
Sleep apnea may have caused an engineer to fall asleep on a train that derailed in New York City in 2013, leading to four deaths. The train, bound for Manhattan, derailed at high speed around a curve on Dec. 1, 2013. At the time, the train was going at least 80 MPH, or 50 MPH…
The number of hours a crew can work on a train are limited by federal rules, and can contribute to blockages of railroad crossings. In some cases, this causes emergency responders to have to find detours, which could endanger people waiting for an ambulance. According to one public safety official in Indiana, delays at railroad…