WASHINGTON — Federal investigators say rail tracks were almost 2 inches too far apart at the site of a Metro train derailment that injured a passenger. The train derailed on Friday near the East Falls Church station in northern Virginia. ...

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Normal train operations have resumed in the Baltimore tunnel where a freight train derailed earlier this week. CSX announced in a statement that operations resumed Thursday night in the Howard Street tunnel, more than three days after the derailment. The ...

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WASHINGTON  — Metro’s board of directors says the failure to repair a track problem that led to a derailment represents “a breakdown of the organization’s chain of command” and “an unforgivable breach of safety.” Metro’s general manager announced on Wednesday ...

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PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was hurtling at more than 100 mph before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit is just 50 mph, federal ...

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Four trains hauling crude oil have derailed in the U.S. and Canada since mid-February, rupturing tank cars, spilling their contents, polluting waterways and igniting spectacular fires that burned for days.

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WASHINGTON — Metro says full service has been restored on the red line following an overnight derailment. Service was restored about 1:35 p.m. Friday. No passengers were on board the train that derailed around midnight Thursday between the Rhode Island ...

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ROSEDALE — A trash hauler whose collision with a train set off a fiery explosion May 28 would have been able to see for more than half a mile up and down the rail line if he had stopped before ...

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TOWSON — Police say driver error caused an explosive derailment of a CSX freight train near Baltimore last month. Baltimore County police say the train hit a garbage truck at a crossing. They issued seven traffic citations to 50-year-old John ...

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CSX is suing a garbage truck driver and his company for negligence in the explosive derailment of a freight train near Baltimore.

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Train operator CSX Transportation on Wednesday pointed to a hazardous chemical in a rail car as the source of an explosion on a derailed train near Baltimore that sparked a fire, rattled homes and damaged buildings. A company spokesman said ...

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