WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, earlier this month. But even if CSX should bear sole responsibility for the accident, Amtrak ...

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BETHESDA — Metro officials say a train hit something on the tracks between two stations in Bethesda. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says no one was hurt and it’s not yet clear what the train struck on Wednesday morning. He says ...

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CSX says several railcars carrying coal derailed in Bowie, but no injuries have been reported.

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WASHINGTON — Amtrak says train service between Philadelphia and Washington has been restored after being suspended because of damaged overhead wires. Spokesman Craig Schulz says passengers should expect delays as crews continue repairing the system and restoring the second track ...

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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 says rail lines where a freight train and trash truck collided near Baltimore have reopened. CSX spokesman Bob Sullivan said in an email Friday that rail service at the crash site in Rosedale was restored on one track at ...

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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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A CSX freight train crashed into a trash truck and derailed Tuesday in a Baltimore suburb and the explosion that followed rattled homes at least a half-mile away, sending a plume of smoke into the air that could be seen ...

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WASHINGTON — Virginia Railway Express and MARC are warning passengers that travel may be slowed by heat-related speed restrictions. The temperatures on Wednesday afternoon and evening aren’t expected to be sweltering, but the dramatic warm-up since Tuesday led CSX to ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — The National Transportation Safety Board says CSX Corp. is estimating the damage from a fatal train derailment near Baltimore at $2.2 million. The NTSB also said in a statement Friday that it expects to complete the on-scene ...

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