WHITAKERS, N.C. — Authorities say two people are dead after their vehicle tried to cross railroad tracks ahead of an oncoming Amtrak train in rural North Carolina. Multiple media organizations report a couple, who appeared to be in their 60s,…
REDCLIFF, AB — The cold temperatures Friday morning temporarily caused a Canadian Pacific railway train to block access into Redcliff from two railroad crossings. According to a CP spokesperson, at approximately 8 a.m., a train travelling west experienced problems with…
Larry Hickam, 70, was driving to work at Deer Park Transportation, when he saw a man in an electric wheelchair stuck at a railroad crossing, according to Newsday. “I could see the light of the train coming down,” Hickam told…
I took my first train ride when I was 10 years old—an overnight rail trip from Vancouver, B.C., to Banff, Alberta, on a family vacation in Canada. ... But after several road crossings bordering Ewa's Kapolei community and a pass…
Jeff Taylor is a former employee for Canadian National Railway who now runs an Upper Peninsula motel. His lawyer said Taylor had mental health problems and wasn't targeting a specific train. Railroad crossing arms went down and red flashing lights…
