Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• Train Kills Pedestrian

  Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  2nd Fatality in One Week at Same Railroad Crossing.In a railroad accident on Friday morning, a 23-year-old Suisun City Man, was killed by a westbound Amtrak train when attempting to cross the railroad tracks at Sunset Avenue.According to the preliminary investigation, police believe the man was traveling north on Sunset Avenue toward the tracks. At that same time the train was traveling east and...

• Safety Advisory on Railroad Maintenance Equipment

  IB Contributor | January 30, 2007 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The Federal Railroad Administration on Friday issued a safety advisory to railroad industry owners and operators urging them to ensure that specialized maintenance equipment is only operated by fully qualified individuals and is properly inspected.Last week's warning came in response to a deadly derailment in November 2006 involving a rail grinder train, according to a press release posted on...

• TSA Will Start Monitoring Railroad Freight Cars

  IB Contributor | January 25, 2007 1:18 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The Transportation Security Administration for the first time, will start a nationwide tracking system to determine how long rail cars filled with toxic chemicals are stopped on tracks or sit in unsecured storage yards in urban areas, according to an article in USA Today by Thomas Frank. TSA officials say unguarded rail cars filled with toxic chemicals such as chlorine in cities are the single...

• Toxic Train Wreck Endangers Community

  IB Contributor | January 17, 2007 12:05 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  An 80-car freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in Kentucky Tuesday and caught on fire. The incident sickened 11 people, who inhaled the toxic fumes, according to several news reports. Among the chemicals carried by the derailed cars was butadiene, a potential carcinogen used to produce synthetic rubber, chlorine residue and methyl ethyl ketone, an industrial solvent that can...