Sumwalt, a Columbia native in town when the accident occurred, said a safety system known as “positive train control'' could have saved lives in the accident in South Carolina, as it could with other train wrecks across the country. The…
More than 31 million riders last year reached more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, the company said. Amtrak's trains along the Northeast corridor are its busiest, but the company also serves dozens of small towns…
Sumwalt said that the switch was padlocked to send trains on the main line to the side track, which conductors are supposed to do when they change lines. He said the freight train crew took the CSX train from one…
The Americans will play the Olympic Athletes from Russia on Tuesday before wrapping up the preliminary round against their biggest rival, Canada .... A 2004 New York Times series on train crossing safety drew attention to avoidable accidents at railroa...
He also found Canadian drivers less aggressive and more knowledgeable as to how to share the road. Beezhold did experience a minor fall at a railroad crossing due to wet raised rubber next to the tracks but was able to…
