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Boys' rail deaths preceded by someone blocking track
Even before Sunday's fatal accident in which two teenage boys were hit by a Maryland Transit Administration light rail train in Lutherville, a serious crime apparently took place a short distance away. According to the MTA, someone - whose identity is...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Metal and Mineral, Public Transportation, Maryland, Baltimore County
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MTA bans driver phones
Baltimore Sun reporterIn the wake of fatal transit accidents across the nation, the Maryland Transit Administration has adopted a zero-tolerance policy under which any bus or train operator found using a cell phone or text-messaging device on the job will be fired, even for...Tags: Transportation, California, Cell Phones, Road Accidents, Massachusetts
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Disney's monorail procedures changed in years leading up to accident
Sentinel Staff WriterOne of the first changes Walt Disney World made following last weekend's fatal monorail crash was requiring drivers to operate their trains from twin controls in the rear cab when switching off of the resort's Epcot loop. The decision came after a pilot...Tags: Transportation, Walt Disney World Resort, Industrial Accidents, Human Mishaps, Health and Safety at Work
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Lawsuit filed in Rockford train derailment
Environmental cleanup efforts in Rockford are continuing following last month's fiery train derailment that leaked ethanol into surrounding soil and water, and killed one woman. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Winnebago County State's...Tags: Railway Transportation, Ethanol, Chicago, Transportation, Environmental Cleanup
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Disney places three monorail employees on paid leave in wake of deadly crash
Sentinel Staff WriterWalt Disney World said this afternoon that it has placed three employees who were working during Sunday's monorail accident on paid leave. Although the resort declined to identify the employees by name, they include a monorail pilot, a worker in the...Tags: Walt Disney World Resort, Employees, Industrial Accidents
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MICHIGAN: 5 killed in train crash
MICHIGAN 5 killed in train crash Police look over the scene Thursday near Detroit where an Amtrak train bound for Chicago struck a car that had apparently skirted a gate at a road crossing, killing all five people in the vehicle. The victims were all...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Detroit
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Tampering suspected in 22-car Ind. derailment
Authorities say dozens of rail cars barreled about four miles down a western Indiana rail line without anyone in control, with 22 cars derailing after crashing into a barrier at the end of the line. No one was injured by Wednesday's derailment, and...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral, Vehicles, Indiana
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Freight train derailment causes delays on Ronkonkoma line
david.lopez@newsday.comLong Island Rail Road riders on the Ronkonkoma branch should anticipate 10- to 15-minute delays in both directions east of Hicksville during Wednesday's evening rush, the LIRR said. The derailment of a New York & Atlantic Railway freight train near...Tags: Bethpage, Hicksville, Long Island Rail Road, New York
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NTSB: Monorail pilot who died tried to back away from oncoming train
Sentinel Staff WriterMoments before another train traveling backward slammed into the front of his vehicle and killed him, Walt Disney World monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg apparently attempted to avoid the collision by throwing his train into reverse, according to the...Tags: Human Mishaps, Transportation Industry
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Vandalism Suspected in Train Derailment
Fox59.comAuthorities say dozens of rail cars barreled about four miles down a western Indiana rail line without anyone in control, with 22 cars derailing after crashing into a barrier at the end of the line. No one was injured by Wednesday's derailment, and...Tags: Indiana
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Losses in Lutherville
The deaths of Connor Peterson and Kyle Patrick Wankmiller, whose bodies were found on the light rail tracks in Lutherville last Sunday afternoon, have proved to be something of a mystery that is only now coming into focus.
This much is now known: It...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Baltimore County, Maryland
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NTSB's preliminary findings shows no mechanical problems with stop system at Disney's monorail
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Federal investigators are focusing on why a switch failed to change positions in the monorail crash that killed an operator at Walt Disney World over the weekend.
The National Transportation Safety Board reported Wednesday that...Tags: Walt Disney World Resort, Transportation Industry
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