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The Canadian National Railway train derailed in the village of Matteson around 10:30 a.m. The company issued a statement about 1:30 p.m. saying that about 25 cars derailed.
A CN freight train derailed into the Cheakamus River, leaking sodium hydroxide and killing over 500,000 fish. 2009 Oshawa derailment: 5 June 2009: Oshawa, Ontario: 0: 0: Derailment of a train carrying dangerous goods prompts evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes. [60] 2012 Burlington Via derailment: 26 February 2012: Burlington ...
Both lead locomotives were destroyed, killing their crews. The front cars and freight cars derailed. Diesel fuel from the locomotives ignited, engulfing them, the baggage car, and the day coach in flames; 18 of the day coach's 36 occupants died. Due to momentum, the cars on the freight train piled up on each other resulting in a large pile of ...
A second CN train derailment in Potterville, Michigan, occurred in May 2006, though no evacuation was necessary. The cause of this derailment was found to be a failed wheel bearing on the 82nd car. [47] About 9:04 am central standard time on February 9, 2003, northbound CN freight train M33371 derailed 22 of its 108 cars in Tamaroa, Illinois ...
Apr. 27—Interstate 40 in both directions near the New Mexico-Arizona state line remained closed Saturday following a freight train derailment and fire that forced evacuations in the surrounding ...
1863 Chunky Creek Train Wreck, Hickory, Mississippi; ~75 killed plus ~25 injured.All but one of the dead were Confederate reinforcements headed for Vicksburg, with the disaster--Mississippi's deadliest rail disaster to date--further hindering the city's defenses against Union forces [12]
A historic bridge was shut down Monday morning after a train car derailed and leaned against one of the bridge’s support columns.. Around 6:15 a.m. local time, “approximately five Union ...
A train travelling from Canton to Hankou plunged into a river when crossing the Shaochi bridge. [30] Tianjin: May 1947 100 Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. [31] Yingtan: 10 July 1947 21 56 A train derailed and plunged into a river. [32] Shumchun, Guangdong: 2 September 1948 25 98 A train derailed probably due to sabotage. [33] Bengbu