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Railroad crossing accident reduction: fact or fiction? 13 Oct 2009 | 04:18 am
By Larry Henley Jackson County Herald-Tribune September 16, 2009 The federal railroad regulator, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the entire railroad industry has been bragging for the past...
THE GREAT RAILROAD SUCCESS STORY 9 Oct 2009 | 10:31 am
A reduction in grade crossing accidents By Larry Henley The nation’s railroad regulator, the Federal Railroad Administration, started publicizing grade crossing accident statistics through its Offic...
Congress Helps Victims of Dangerous Railroad Crossings 3 Sep 2009 | 03:11 am
One of the obstacles we have historically faced when trying to recover compensation for our clients involved in railroad crossing accidents is a legal doctrine called “federal preemption.” Both state ...
Three Deadly Myths About Train Accidents 27 Jun 2009 | 02:45 am
After someone has been killed in a train crossing accident, people often wonder how it could happen. Why didn’t the driver see and stop for the train? This question arises out of commonly held but inc...
Family Members Promote Change After Deadly Crossing Accident 24 Jun 2009 | 08:30 am
Sunday was the two-year anniversary of the crossing accident involving a stolen SUV full of kids that hit a train stopped on Archer Road in east Harris County near Baytown, Texas. Four teenagers died...
New York Train Derailment 24 Jun 2009 | 08:21 am
A CSX freight train crossing Factory Street in Gouverneur derailed shortly after 1:00 p.m. June 19. A source at the scene indicated that the cars were loaded with steel inbound to Cives Steel in Gouv...
Boy On Bicycle Killed By Train 24 Jun 2009 | 08:17 am
One boy was killed and another was hospitalized in West Virginia following a train accident. Authorities say a boy under the age of 14 was riding a bike near the Van Clevesville Road railroad crossin...
Mississippi Train-Log Truck Accident 24 Jun 2009 | 08:12 am
A Canadian National freight train crashed into a log truck in Perry County damaging nearly a dozen box cars and tankers filled with molten sulfur. Mississippi Highway 198 was blocked for several hour...
Zoo Train Derailment Update 13 Jun 2009 | 04:19 am
New information has been released from the June 1 Louisville Zoo train derailment that left more than 20 people injured. Apparently the accident happened on the driver’s first day. The 18 year-old o...
Kansas City Southern Train Kills Father of Two 13 Jun 2009 | 04:16 am
Ruben Lujan of Bruni, Texas is dead after being hit by a Kansas City Southern freight train. Lujan was traveling to a job site when the accident happened in the small town of Aguilares, 26 miles east...
