"Massive and serious" sabotage hits French rail network ahead of Olympics
France's high-speed rail network was hit by serious acts of criminal vandalism just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, officials say.
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France's high-speed rail network was hit by serious acts of criminal vandalism just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, officials say.
The Napa Valley Wine Train is going green to protect the delicate environment it travels through.
President Joe Biden will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, about a year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals.
Footage from the accident site showed bodies lined up on tracks and the injured being shifted to hospitals while rescuers desperately looked through the overturned and jumbled metal train compartments.
The portion of the New River impacted by the train derailment is part of a national park, and is believed to be older than the Appalachians.
Nearby residents were asked to shelter in place. The railway company said that there were no hazardous materials aboard the train.
The train cars that went off the rails earlier this month in East Palestine, Ohio, were carrying several hazardous materials known to have potentially damaging health effects.
Officers are on the scene with flashlights. Marci Gonzalez reports.
A total of 207 passengers and 14 crewmembers were on board the train at the time. CNN reports at least 50 people were injured.
Thirteen train cars derailed, sparking a fire.
The derailment occurred at the LATC yard, the same location where reports of vandalism and theft have made headlines over recent days.
A Lancaster man, who's vehicle got stuck on train tracks after he lost control due to a medical emergency, was rescued by Los Angeles County firefighters on Friday, shortly before the train collided with his vehicle.
Firefighters were called out at about 10:45 a.m. Wednesday to the Westlake/MacArthur Park Metro station , where a person was found under a Metro line subway train, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange.
The derailment happened just before 4 p.m. Wednesday and left more than 25 rail cars scattered haphazardly on the tracks east of Ludlow, and north of National Trails Highway.
A friend of a man accused of derailing a locomotive at full speed near the USNS Mercy hospital ship being used to ease hospital beds during the coronavirus pandemic spoke out Thursday.
The LAPD says a car tried to cross the tracks at 55th and Long Beach Avenue in South LA Sunday morning, only to be hit by the fast-moving light rail train.
The LAPD said the man had fallen backward onto the track and was struck by the train, which had been headed to downtown Los Angeles. The train did not stop because the conductor did not realize there had been a collision, police said.
Afternoon commutes will be affected, with Amtrak saying they have no estimated time of tracks reopening between Fullerton and Los Angeles.
It was 10 years ago today 25 people onboard a Metrolink train died when it crashed into a Union Pacific train in Chatsworth. M
A freight train derailed in Devore this morning. 15 tanker cars in all jumped the tracks. Several buildings nearby were evacuated as a precaution. Tina Patel reports.
The impact reportedly threw passengers from their seats, but all the lawmakers appeared to be uninjured.
Critical safety technology designed to automatically slow or stop trains that are going too fast was not working on a section of track outside of Seattle where an Amtrak train derailed, killing three people.
Authorities say "injuries and casualties reported" in an Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle.
A collision between a car and an bus pushed the bus onto railroad tracks, where it was later clipped by a freight train, authorities said Monday.
The tracks were shut down near the Cal State L.A. station.
