Trains, Subways, Train Accidents, Train Derailments, Railroad News, Tunnels, Railroad History, Terrorism

Nashville - Train Derails in Tennessee; Homes Evacuated - "The train's cargo included liquid propane, carbon dioxide, the polymer methyl ethyl acrylate and the chemical propylene oxide, which is used to make polyurethane, flame retardants and synthetic lubricants."

Thousands of Northeast Commuters Stranded in Train Snafu - "Newark, New Jersey -- A major power outage stranded thousands of rush-hour commuters Thursday between New York and Washington, stopping trains inside sweltering tunnels and forcing many passengers to get out and walk."

05/03/2006 - U.S. Mass Transit on Alert - "ABC News has learned that the Department of Homeland Security has alerted U.S. mass transit officials to "suspicious videotaping" of European rail systems that point to a continuing terrorist interest in targeting mass transit and 'possible surveillance or pre-operational pling.'"

03/15/2006 - FBI Now Involved with Propane Tank Investigation - "Federal officials are now assisting Strom Lake, Iowa police in a two year investigation. Police continue to search for suspects involved in putting propane tanks on the city's railroad tracks."

January 24, 2006 - New Zealand - 44 dead in Montenegro train disaster - A train carrying 200 passengers jumped the tracks and plunges into a ravine after its brakes failed killing 44 people, injuring 198 (90 children were among the injured).

Birmingham, AL - Trains En Route to Atlanta Collide - "About 500 residents were asked to evacuate their homes Wednesday evening after a train carrying sodium cyanide caught fire."

Amsterdam - Trains Halted at Amsterdam Central Station - "suspicious package was found on an international train arriving from Frankfurt, Germany." The package belonged to "two Dutch-speaking men in tradition Islamic dress who were arrested after initially hiding in one of the train's bathrooms."

Oct 15 - Texarkana - Deadly Arkansas Train Derailment - Union Pacific train hit liquid propane gas tank killing one person; seven people were treated for respiratory problems; thousands were evacuated; seven derailed train cars were empty but one tanker containing propylene ignited causing a subsequent explosion and fire.

Sept 22 - Freight Trains Collide in Southeastern VA - "Two CSX freight trains collided head-on early Thursday, injuring several people and leaving some of the wrecked rail cars burning..."

Sept 16 - Houston Train Wreck Probed - a Houston-bound Union Pacific train struck a standing train on the same track

Aug 28 - Cincinnati - Evacuation broadens after rail leak - "Cincinnati fire and police officials expanded an evacuation zone near Lunken Airport today after a rail car that began leaking Sunday evening began emitting a new plume of fumes."

Aug 23 - New York - Train Derailment Causes Amtrak Disruptions - "South Bronx, Freight train derailment knocked out all Amtrak service between Penn Station and New Haven"

Aug 1 - London Faces Lockdown to thwart third terror strike "Even with the transport system so heavily guarded, police and intelligence sources believe that the bombers are intent on once more attacking London’s bus and Underground network."

July 13 - Ghotki, Pakistan - 118 killed, hundreds injured, in Pakistan train crash - Three trains collided in a deadly chain-reaction accident.

From The Lampholder Prophecy Journals - Published Thursday, May 5, 2005, 12:18 P.M. - "The Lampholder continues to discern terrorists' plans to blow up trains through subways and tunnels -- and terrorists' plan to use railways/tankers to carry and distribute WMDs."

June 23, Great Britain - Trapped Train Passengers Swelter - "Rail passengers were forced to smash windows to escape sweltering heat yesterday when around 400 people were trapped for two hours on three trains because of a power fault. Several people suffered heat exhaustion when the 15.55 GNER train from Newcastle to King's Cross ground to a halt near Conington just outside Peterborough at 5.25pm after another train brought down an overhead power cable."

June 22, Switzerland - Swiss Rail Network Grinds to a Halt - "Switzerland's entire state rail network has ground to a halt, stranding an estimated 100,000 people, according to Swiss Federal Railways. The nationwide network stalled after a power failure in the St Gotthard region of the Swiss Alps." (BBC News)

(United Kingdom) Cops Foil Al-Qaeda Dirty Bomb Plot - "...targets included Westminster Abbey, the Heathrow Express, the London Underground, pubs, railway stations and sports stadiums. An un-named synagogue was mentioned - and so was the idea of hijacking a petrol tanker to smash it into a building...."

Rail System Faces Questions of Security of Haz Mat Cars

"More risks than derailment - storage and security of cars with dangerous chemicals becomes an issue"

April 5, San Bernardino, CA - 300 Residents Evacuated in Another Derailment - The 4th Southern California derailment in a month. "A Union Pacific freight train carrying chlorine gas and other hazardous chemicals derailed...no injuries...Thirteen cars, seven carrying hazardous materials including liquid propane and cleaning solutions, fell off the tracks...."

Mar 27 - Thailand - Attack on Thailand Train Injures More Than a Dozen - "An armed attack on a train carrying police and troops in Southern Thailand has left more than a dozen people wounded. The attack appears to represent an escalation in the violent tactics used by separatists in the country's Muslim-dominated South...Two bombs exploded near the tracks soon after the train departed a town in the province of Narathiwat, near the Thai-Malaysian border."

Mar 10 - Canada - Ontario-Area Derailment Closes Street - Six freight cars derailed near Ontario

The derailment forced nearly 200 people to evacuate the area. No injuries were reported.

Mar 6 - South Salt Lake, UT - Acids Disintegrating Rail Tanker Car - Up to 8,000 people were evacuated and thousands of motorists diverted off I-15 Sunday, after a rail tanker car began leaking acid — material that might be extremely toxic - including a 10% solution of phosphoric, acetic, sulfuric and hydrofluoric acids and ammonia.

Mar 5, 2005 - Bancroft, MI - Train Derailment - Town Evacuated - Clean-up begins in Shiawassee County after a train derailment at Grand River Road. The train was carrying hazardous materials, and 20 of the 69 cars derailed, including 5 that tipped over. A propane tank on the train exploded and the town was evacuated. No injuries reported.

USA - The threat to rail - "It is time to start worrying because passengers on the railways..."

"Authorities say the engine was pushing 17 boxcars when five of them came off the tracks"

"A substation explosion destroyed the South Boston building after a natural gas leaked into a manhole which then traveled through the pipes to the power substation. The gas ignited when the power was automatically turned on. The explosion was felt a half-mile away and temporarily cut power to thousands of South Boston residents...."

A passenger train crashed into a tractor carrying wedding guests - 52 dead; 10 injured. The accident occurred near Kanhan 490 miles northeast of Bombay.

Alberta/Edmonton - A Via passenger train collided with a logging truck west of Edmonton, derailing eight cars and two locomotives. There were no serious injuries to passengers or crew.

Glendale, California Metro Commuter Train Crash - Derailment - The worst train crash since the Bourbonnais, Illinois, accident on

Los Angeles, CA - Train Wreck Hearing Begins - (The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Juan Manuel Alvarez) - "A hearing is set to begin to determine if there is enough evidence to require a man to stand trial on murder and arson charges stemming from the Metrolink train derailment that killed 11 people...."

Graniteville, S.C. - Why was the railway switched with a train carrying toxic chlorine gas to a line where rail carriages were parked on a siding? Toxic fumes from one of the nation's deadliest train accident-chemical spills forces evacuation.

Crevalcore, Northern Italy - Passenger and frieght train collided; at least 14 people were killed and 80+ injuredy.

Disaster on Sri Lanka Train - "More than 800 people were killed when their train, the "Queen of the Sea,"

November 3, 2004 - Washington D.C. - Two subway Metro trains collided at The Woodley Park-National Zoo Metro Station causing commuter delays along the Red Line. The accident happened seconds after a six-car train stopped at the station. A second train without passengers began drifting backwards until it rammed into the first train. At least four people suffered minor injuries and 13 teenagers were taken to Georgetown University Hospital for evaluation. The accident is under investigation.
N.E. Moscow Rizhskaya Subway Station Explosion

"A car explosion in northern Moscow near the entrance to the Rizhskaya underground railway station killed 10 people and injured 33...."

The authorities broke up a bomb plot aimed at New York City subways, and arrested two men. The men allegedly pled to make a bomb that could be exploded in the 34th Street subway station below Herald Square or on a train pulling into that station.

Hazardous chemicals at BP Amoco’s Texas City refinery exploded early ... CSX Corp., the train operator ....

Ankara, Turkey - Nine Killed - 74 Injured in Northwestern Turkey When Two Trains Collide Head-On

October 16, 2004 - Los Angeles, California - California Train Derailments Ousts 200 "Some 200 people were evacuated when a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Los Angeles County...Four homes were damaged by debris...the train was carrying paint and batteries, as well as small quantities of sulfuric acid, a resin solution and butane lighters. Nearly 50 freight cars and trailers left the track, and about 500 gallons of diesel fuel spilled. No serious injuries were reported."

A Union Pacific freight train collides with a Burlington train - forty cars derailed. One train was carrying toxic chlorine gas and ammonium nitrate which filled the sky. The engineer was killed and 50 people injured from exposure to the chemical cloud.

If it's this easy to carry guns aboard the subway, what else could be smuggled on board? The third shooting in one month...Passenger Shot and Killed on NYC Subway

04.03.04 - Madrid, Spain - Spanish authorities averted potential disaster Friday when they dismantled a bomb on the Madrid-Seville bullet train track.

2001 - July 18 - NTSB Abstract RAB-04/08 - CSX Freight Train Derailment and Subsequent Fire in the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland. "On Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at 3:08 p.m., eastbound CSX 1 freight train L-412-16 derailed 11 of its 60 cars while passing through the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland. Four of the 11 derailed cars were tank cars: 1 contained tripropylene, a flammable liquid; 2 contained hydrochloric acid; and 1 contained di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, which is a plasticizer and an environmentally hazardous substance. The derailed tank car containing tripropylene was punctured, and the escaping tripropylene ignited."

transporting skiers to a glacier resort in Austria caught on fire trapping them inside, the governor of Salzburg province

1999 - December 30 - Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada - Several cars containing gasoline and heating oil derailed while passing another freight train coming from the opposite direction. When the oncoming on a different track hit the derailed cars it caused an explosion killing the train engineer and conductor. The subsequent explosion and fire forced 350 families to evacuate the area for at least 4 days.

1999 - October 5 - Ladbroke Grove (Paddington), England - Two trains collide head-on. Fuel tanks catch fire and killed 31 people, injuring more than 400 others.

1999 - March 15 - Bourbannais, IL - Eleven people die and 121 injured in Amtrak's City of New Orleans fiery train crash when an 80 mph passenger train hits a truck loaded with a ton of steel.

1998 - November 26 - 150+ killed in Khanna high speed train collision and fire.

1998 - June 3 - Eschede, Germany - Sections of a high-speed ICE train derail because of a faulty wheel rim. The train hits a bridge caushing it to collapse. The train accident kills 101.

1998 - March 6 - Jyväskylä, Finland - Express train fails to slow at turnout and derails. The engineer and 9 passengers were killed. Over 94 others injured.

1998 - February 15 - Cameroon - Yaounde train spills fuel oil from a tanker car crash and explodes killing 100 people.

1997 - December 9 - Hanover, Germany - Train carrying 300+ passengers collides with freight train carrying petrol. Five tanker cars explode.

1997 - July 8 - Lehra Khanna - Punjab station terrorist bombing - 33 killed.

1997 - June 22 - Devine, Texas - Four dead when two freight trains collide on highway overpass. Engine fuel leaks into nearby storm drains and into a creek resulting in evacuation of neighborhood.

1997 - April 18 - Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh - Over 60 people killed in train collision.

1997 - March 31 - Uharte Arakil - Train derails at station killing 18 and injuring 100.

1997 - January 12 - Piacenza, Italy - Pendolino train derails killing 8 and injuring 29.

1996 - April 21 - Jokela, Finland - Overspeeding train derails in fog. Engineer and 3 passengers killed, 75 injuries.

"...more than 35 cars, with 14 containing 1 million pounds of propane liquid gas [exploded]. Some of the mammoth time bombs exploded into flames just 100 feet from a Wisconsin Gas natural gas gate station and the main gas line feeding the town of Weyauwega."

1996 - February 16 - Silver Spring, Maryland - Commuter train heading for Washington Union Station collides with Amtrak train. Eleven people killed from injuries and fire caused by ignition of natural gas tanker next to rail yard.

1995 - October 28 - Baku, Azerbaijan - Underground metro train catches fire - 337 people killed.

1995 - October 9 - Hyder, Arizona - "A 12-car Amtrak train --the westbound Sunset Limited traveling from New Orleans to Los Angeles--derailed near Hyder, Arizona. The crash killed 1 person and seriously injured 12 others. Approximately 100 additional persons received minor injuries."

"FBI Agents, Amtrak officials, and Southern Pacific Railroad personnel went to the site of the incident. Investigation determined that a person or persons had deliberately tampered with the tracks, causing the train to derail. Investigators also found four typed letters. These letters mentioned the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the FBI, "Ruby Ridge," and "Waco." They were signed "Sons of the Gestapo.'" Source: Terrorism in the United States 1995

Palo Verde, Arizona, 1995 -- Sabotage suspected in Amtrak derailment - "The president of Amtrak, Thomas Downs, is calling the suspected sabotage of the 'Sunset Limited' an 'act of cowardice.' One person, an Amtrak employee, is dead, and more than 70 are injured in the aftermath of the train wreck in Arizona...Anti-government notes found near the crash site had the signature 'Sons of Gestapo'...."

1995 - August 20 - Firozabad, India - Passenger train collides with another train - 358 people killed.

1995 - August 11 - Toronto, Ontario - Subway collides with train - 3 killed and 30 injured.

1995 - June 24 - Krouna, Czech Republic - Runaway cars crash into passenger train - 19 killed.

1995 - June 5 - Brooklyn, NY - Train heading towards Manhattan rear ends another train - 55 people injured.

1994 - September 22 - Tolunda, Angola - Train crashes in a canyon due to failed breaks - 300 killed.

1994 - August 4 - Batavia, New York - A high-speed Amtrak Lake Shore Limited passenger train derails injuring 125 passengers and crew.

1993 - Sept 22 - Mobile, Alabama - Big Bayou Canot Train Disaster - An Amtrak Sunset Limited express heading to Miami jumps tracks on bridge and plunges into Big Bayou Canot killing 47 people.

1993 - January 30 - Ngai Ndethya, Kenya - Passenger train headed towards Mombasa plunges into river after swollen waters wash away bridge - 65 killed.

1992 - June 30 - Superior, Wisconsin - Burlington Northern freight train derails. Three tank cars plunge into Nemadji River. An environmental disaster occurs when one of the cars ruptures spilling chemicals into the river. The river spills into Lake Superior. Over 40,000 people evacuated when a chemical cloud envelopes the cities of Superior and Duluth, Minnesota.

1991 - November 15 - Miaoli, Taiwan - Two trains collide - 30 killed and 112 injured.

1991 - August 28 - New York, New York - Lexington Avenue express train derails - 5 killed and 200+ injured.

1991 - July 31 - Lugoff, South Carolina - Amtrak train derails - 8 killed and 76 injured.

1991 - January 8 - London, England - Passenger train crash - 1 killed and 542 injured.

1990 - March 7 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Elevated SEPTA subway train derails - 4 killed, 158 injured.

1990 - January 4 - Pakistan - Packed passenger train collides with freight train - 210+ dead.

1989 - June 4 - near Ufa and Asha, Soviet Union - Trans-Siberian Railway - Ufa liquified natural gas explosion and train disaster - 575+ dead and 600+ injured. The two trains passed in opposite directions creating sparks that exploded upon contact with a leaking gas pipeline.

1989 - May 4 - Tepic, Mexico - Approx 50 killed when train brakes fail coming down mountain.

1989 - May 12 - San Bernardino, California - Southern Pacific Freight Train derails in Cajon Pass crashing into residential neighborhood. Five people were killed and seven homes destroyed. On May 25th, 13 days after the derailment, an underground gasoline pipeline next to the tracks exploded causing a large fire which killed two people and burned eleven homes.

1989 - March 4 - London, England - Purley Station crash - 6 dead and 94 injured.

1988 - December 12 - London, England - Clapham Junction - 35 dead and 100+ injured.

1986 - July 8 - Miamisburg, Ohio - CSX 15-car train derailment - "Some of the cars that derailed contained phosphorus...Shortly after the derailment, city officials ordered thousands of Miamisburg residents to evacuate their homes. The next day, officials allowed these people to return, only to have the phosphorus ignite. One Miamisburg resident described the resulting vapor cloud as "real heavy stuff, hugging right on the ground, like fog. People had their lights on, it was so dark." A second evacuation occurred, with approximately twenty thousand people seeking shelter...This was the largest evacuation to occur in Ohio's history... Over three hundred people sought treatment at area hospitals due to respiratory problems. More than one billion dollars in lawsuits resulted from this derailment."

Ohio History - Miamisburg Train Derailment - "On July 8, 1986, fifteen cars of a forty-four-car CSX train derailed near Miamisburg, Ohio. Some of the cars that derailed contained phosphorus. When ignited, phosphorus releases poisonous gas. Shortly after the derailment, city officials ordered thousands of Miamisburg residents to evacuate their homes."

1982 - January 13 - Washington D.C. - Metro train derailment after hitting tunnel support. Three people killed, 25 injured.

1975 - June 8 - Warngau, Germany - Two trains collide between Lenggries and Munich due to dispatcher error killing 41 and injuring 122.

1975 - Feb 28 - England - London Underground train fails to stop at Moorgate station tunnel killing 43 people.

1972 - Oct 6 - Saltillo, Mexico - Train carrying religious pilgrims derails and catches fire killing 204 people and injuring 1,000+.

1970 - June 21, Crescent City, Illinois - "The Great Train Fire of 1970" - Fifteen cars (nine of which contained liquefied petroleum gas) on the 109-car Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad Train derailed in the downtown section of Crescent City. Tanker cars carrying propane exploded resulting in a debris field that plowed through downtown and a fire that engulfed the central part of the city. No deaths were reported, but 36 people were injured, a number of homes and businesses were damaged, and 16 other downtown businesses were destroyed.
1965 - The Oroville Dam Train Tunnel Disaster

1949 - Holland Tunnel Chemical Fire - "...a fire aboard a chemical truck caused enormous damage to the south tube of the tunnel. Although nobody was killed, the fire resulted in 66 injuries and nearly $600,000 worth of damage to the structure. As a result, the Port Authority adopted a strict series of rules on the transportation of hazardous materials within the tunnel."

1942 - October 28 - Detroit, Michigan - Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 people.

1925 - Richmond, Virginia - Richmond's Buried Train - Church Hill Tunnel's Locomotive 231 - "In 1925 efforts to clean and widen a railroad tunnel underneath what is now Jefferson Park in the Union Hill Historic District in Richmond, Virginia, ended in a disaster that claimed the lives of at least three people."

1922 - Aug 5 - Sulphur Springs, Missouri - 34 people killed and 150 injured in the largest train accident in Missouri history

~ 2007 - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Benaleka train crash, 100+ killed

~ 2005 - India - Veligonda train disaster kills 114+

~ 2005 - Japan - Amagasaki train wreck kills 103

~ Apr 2004 - Ryongchon, North Korea - hundreds reported dead and

1,000+ wounded in train station explosions

~ Mar 2004 - Madrid, Spain - terrorist attack kills and wounds hundreds

~ 2004 - North Korea - Ryongchon train disaster kills 150

~ 2004 - Telwatta, Sri Lanka - Indian Ocean Earthquake tsunami causes

Queen of the Sea train disaster; 1,700 casualties

~ Feb 2004 - Neyshabur, Iran - at least 300 killed when a runaway train explodes

~ Jun 2002 - Dodoma region, Tanzania - at least 200 killed

when passenger train collides with goods train

~ Feb 2002 - Egypt - Al Ayatt train disaster - 350 killed in fire on train traveling to Cairo

~ 2002 - India - Rafiganj train crash kills 130+

~ 2002 - Mozambique - Muamba rail crash kills 196

~ 1999 - India - Gaisal train wreck - 285 killed when a Delhi train

collides with another train head-on

~ 1998 - India - 201 passengers killed in Punjab state when Delhi train derails

~ 1998 - Germany - Eschede train crash kills 101

~ 1998 - Cameroon - Yaounde train explosion kills 120

~ Jun 1989 - Ufa, Russia - More than 400 killed in gas explosion under two trains

~ 1997 - India - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh train disaster kills 120

~ Aug 1995 - Uttar Pradesh, India - 350 killed when two trains collide near Agra

~ 1995 - Baku (Azerbaijan) 337 killed in train disaster

~ Sep 1994 - Tolunda, Angola, train plunges into deep ravine 300 killed

~ 1993 - Kenya - Ngai Ndethya train crash kills 114

~ Jan 1990 - Sindh Province, Pakistan - passenger train collides with freight train over 210 killed

~ Jun 1981 - Bihar, India - 800 killed when cyclone blows train into river

~ 1972 - Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico - 208 killed

~ Feb 1970 - Bueonos Aires, Argentina - express train crashes into commuter train with 236 people killed

~ 1963 - Japan - Yokohama train crash kills 161

~ 1962 - Tokyo, Japan - Triple train crashes kill 162

~ 1960 - Czechoslovakia - Steblova train disaster kills 118

~ Sept 1957 - Montgomery, West Pakistan - express train crashes into oil train with 250 killed

~ Apr 1955 - Guadalajara, Mexico - train plunges into a deep canyon killing more than 300

~ 1953 - New Zealand - Tangiwai train crash kills 151

~ 1952 - England - Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash

London - Three Trains Crash At Harrow - "At least 85 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in the country's worst peacetime rail crash. The accident happened at 0820 GMT at Harrow, a north-west suburb of London. A London-bound express train from Perth ploughed into the back of the 0731 Tring-Euston commuter train as it was about to leave Harrow and Wealdstone station, on the London Midland region line. Seconds later, a third train coming from Euston crashed into the wreckage."

~ Oct 1949 - Danzig,Warsaw express derails in Poland - 200+ people killed

~ 1947 - Komagawa, Japan train crash kills 184

~ Mar 3, 1944 - Salerno, Italy - Balvano (Basilicata) train disaster - 521 (illegal) passengers killed by

carbon monoxide poisoning when freight train (not passenger train) stalls in Armi tunnel

~ Jan 1944 - Spain, Torro Tunnel, Leon train disaster - 500+ people killed

~ 1940 - Osaka, Japan - train crash explosion - 181 killed

~ 1918 - Nashville, Tennessee - The Great Train Wreck of 1918

~ Dec 1917 - Train carrying troops derails near the entrance to Mt. Cenis Tunnel, Modane,

France - 543 people killed

~ 1915 - Scotland - Quintinshill rail crash kills 227

~ Nov 1901 - U.S. - Michigan - A train wreck fire kills 100 people

~ Jan 1895 - Butte, Montana - Railroad Yard Explosion and Fire - 50 Killed and 100+ Injured - "During a fire in the Montana Central railway yards at [illegible] o'clock this evening, a warehouse containing powder caught fire and exploded with tremendous force, killing a number of firemen and spectators and maiming many others."

Railway and Transit News

June 10, 2009 - New security to get test with N.Y. rail commuters

June 9, 2009 - Business Beat: Midwest high-speed rail plan appears on track

$8.7B work starts on N.J.-N.Y. rail tunnel

$50 billion needed to fix rail transit, study says

Rail Freight Traffic Slides During 2nd Week of 2009

Obama Takes Train Ride To History

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Obama embarks on train to inaugural history

Obama's train trip poses security issues

Amtrak awaits rail line to speed D.C.-N.Y. trip

Rail Links London With Bangladesh

"Rail enthusiasts with a sense of adventure and 23 days to spare will be able to travel by train from London

to Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, when a new link opens later this year. The 7,000-mile Trans-Asia railway

will follow one of the old Silk Roads through Istanbul, Tehran, Lahore and Delhi. It is already being described

by train buffs as 'the world’s greatest railway journey' and will be longer than the Trans-Siberian railway,

which spans 5,772 miles."

Anti-Terror Rules For Trains Rapped

"New anti-terrorism rules aimed at stopping companies from sending railway cars packed with toxic chemicals

through cities may still leave large populations vulnerable...The rules require rail companies to assess whether it

would be safer to send cargo trains carrying chemicals to alternate routes around the nation's 60 largest cities...."

Mass Transit System Threat Assessment (pdf)

National Briefing Washington: Railroad Deaths Fall in 2007

"There were fewer accidents and deaths involving trains last year, but more railroad incidents involving hazardous materials. Last year, 486 people nationwide were killed after trespassing on railroad lines, compared with 518 deaths in 2006, according to preliminary data released by the Federal Railroad Administration. There were 339 fatalities involving trains and a vehicle, 30 fewer than in 2006. Incidents involving railroad cars that released hazardous materials jumped to 43 reports from 28 in 2006. More trains were carrying ethanol and relatively new technologies used to safely release ethanol, and that probably contributed to the increase, said Joseph Boardman, administrator of the railroad agency."

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Judge finds 21 guilty of Madrid bombings

First four of the 28 Defendants in 2004 Madrid Train Bombings found guilty

"Suspects include young Muslim men of North African origin who allegedly acted out of allegiance to al-Qaida to avenge the presence of Spanish troops in Iraq and Afghanistan."

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May 16, 2007 - DHS Establishes Rail Test Center for Radiation Detection

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will establish a Rail Test Center for intermodal radiation detection.

H.R. 4954 - To improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.

April 3, 2007 - Bezes, France - French High-Speed Train Breaks World Speed Record - 357 Miles An Hour (574.8 kilometers)

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March 27, 2007 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Rail and Public Transportation Security Act, H.R. 1401

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The Columbus Dispatch : FBI investigating double commuter train - "Federal officials are investigating two rush-hour commuter train derailments on separate tracks near the same station, a week after 30 railroad spikes were found missing from tracks on the same line."

Ambassade D'Ukraine - President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine toured the site of the cargo train carrying phosphorus...."

Jan 16, 2007 - Shepherdsville, Kentucky - Train Derailment and Explosion - "shuts down an 18-mile

stretch of Interstate 65; second fiery train crash in Kentucky in the last two days" Chemical fire

involving Metyhlexil Ketote, Butadine, Cyclo Hexine, and Chlorine Residue.

Jan 16, 2007 - Russia On High Alert For Possible Attack

Louisville, Kentucky - Train Derails, Catches Fire in Kentucky

Jan 15, 2007 - Estill County - Kentucky Train Crash Releases Butyl Acetate, A Flammable Liquid, Some Evacuating

Jan 13, 2007 - Brazil subway station collapses - "Eight people are reported missing in Brazil's city of Sao Paulo after a hole being dug for a new subway station collapsed leaving an enormous crater."

Jan 11, 2007 - Railroad Wants to Nix U.S. Inspections - "Administration to allow a train that regularly originates in Mexico to undergo safety inspections south of the border and enter without any checks in the U.S."

Jan 11, 2007 - Massachusetts Fatal Rail Crash Inquiry Continues

Jan 8, 2007 - London - Hammersmith underground station - Tube Station Shut Down After Gas Leak

Jan 8, 2007 - New York - Manhattan - Gas Smell Shuts Trains, Forces Evacuations

Jan 7, 2007 - NTSB begins investigation of Washington Green Line subway derailment; 20 injuries

Dec 28, 2006 - Cuautitlan, Mexico - Bus-train collision kills 19 in Mexico

PATH Tunnels Seen as Fragile in Bomb Attack - New York Times - "The arrests halted what officials said was a bid to set off backpack bombs in a PATH train car and flood the tunnels."

New York - Path System - Carry-on Bomb Could Flood New York Tunnel

Dec 12, 2006 - Darwin, Australia - Ghan Tourist Train Derails in Australian Outback

Dec 08, 2006 - Gunmen Dead, 4 wounded in downtown shooting; Metra running again

Dec 05, 2006 - Christopher, ILL - Freight Train Headed to Chicago from Houston Derails Spilling Unknown Chemical, 70 Homes Evacuated

Dec 02, 2006 - New Delhi - Bridge Falls on Train in India, Killing 33

Nov 30, 2006 - Toledo, OH - Train Derailment in North Baltimore, Injuries Reported

Nov 20, 2006 - Calcutta - Bomb on Passenger Train in Eastern India Kills 8, Wounds 60

Nov 20, 2006 - Germany - 28 Hurt in Berlin Commuter Train Mishap

Nov 13, 2006 - Cape Town - Train Collision Kills 27 in South Africa

Nov 10, 2006 - Chicago Subway Evacuated for Rail Damage

Nov 10, 2006 - Baxter, CA - Second Victim Found Dead in Train Wreck

- 1 Dead, 1 Missing in Train Derailment 60 Mi East of Sacramento

Oct 31, 2006 New Delhi - India train slams into auto-rickshaw killing 18

Oct 23, 2006 Franklin, MA - 19 Hurt in Massachusetts Boston-Bound Commuter Train-Truck Crash

Oct 22, 2006 Gurdon, Ark - Train Carrying Flammable Liquid Derails in Arkansas

Oct 21, 2006 New Brighton, PA - Officials Concerned With Risk of Explosion in Pa. Freight Train Fire

- Train derails, bursts into flames over bridge in southwestern Pennsylvania

Oct 17, 2006 Rome, Italy - One dead, up to 110 hurt in Rome two-train metro crash

Oct 3, 2006 - Woman had 4 pounds of explosives at Indonesia train station

Sept 5, 2006 - Jacksonville, Fl - NYC Bound Passenger Train From Tampa Evacuated

Moscow, Feb 6, 2004 - "A bomb exploded inside a crowded subway train during the morning rush today, killing at least 39 people and wounding more than 130...."

Ammonium Nitrate Explosion in Ryongchon Train Station, North Korea - 22 April 2004 161 people killed and 1,300 people injured

H.R. 4954 - To improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.

Ammonium Nitrate Explosion in Ryongchon Train Station, North Korea - 22 April 2004
161 people killed and 1,300 people injured