train derailment

Freight Train Derailment on Elmhurst Rd, Just South of Pratt Blvd, Elk Grove Village

Mon Mar 4, 2013 08:39 am Cardinal News

VIDEO: Union Pacific and Hulcher Railroad Services crews clear a railroad crossing after a train derailed about 2:50 a.m. Monday. UPDATE: Elmhurst Road is open to traffic in both directions after derailed train cars were […]

VIDEO: Norfolk Southern Ethanol Train Derailment in Columbus Ohio Near Ohio State University

Thu Jul 12, 2012 04:06 am Cardinal News

Exploding freight cars full of ethanol made for a dramatic early morning scene in Ohio’s capital. About 100 residents who live within a 1-mile radius of the explosion were evacuated by firefighters and police. Columbus […]

Lawsuit Filed by Family of Burton and Zorine Lindner After Train Derailed, and Buried Them in Tons of Coal

Fri Jul 6, 2012 03:16 pm Cardinal News

Video of the train derailment and collapsed bridge scene before emergency responders knew there was a car under the debris of coal and wrecked railroad cars. Attorneys Michael LaMonica and Erron Fisher delivered about 1:30 […]

Two Killed in Car Discovered Under Derailed Train and Collapsed Bridge on Shermer Rd, Glenview/Northbrook

Thu Jul 5, 2012 06:57 pm Cardinal News

VIDEO: Train derailment aftermath on Shermer Rd with neighbor reports of the sound and vibrations of the crash, and a police press conference from Glenview Deputy Chief Phil Perlini. A second body was found Thursday […]

Coal Car Derailment: The Great 4th of July Train Wreck of Glenview/Northbrook on Shermer Rd

Wed Jul 4, 2012 07:45 pm Cardinal News

Union Pacific railroad worker sizes up bridge collapse and train derailment at the Shermer Road railroad bridge between Willow Road and Holste Road at the border of Glenview and Northbrook. See over 160 more photos […]

Archive Video: Palatine Train Crash on November 9, 1950

Wed Dec 21, 2011 08:20 pm Cardinal News

Rare video of a train crash that occurred in Palatine, Illinois about 7:00 p.m. November 9, 1950. No lives were lost. A broken axle on the 19th car of a Chicago & Northwestern freight train […]

Train Derailment: No Injuries, No Hazard at Union Pacific Train Yard on Pratt Blvd

Wed Nov 9, 2011 08:48 am Cardinal News

Elk Grove Village police responded about 8:41 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a train derailment in the Union Pacific train yard at 2511 Pratt Boulevard. Police checked on the report of the train derailment […]

Train Derailment, Train Fire in Bartlett Near Spaulding and Gifford Rd

Thu Nov 3, 2011 07:36 am Cardinal News

Witness video at train crossing near Bartlett, Illinois. Bartlett firefighters and other area firefighters responded about 5:10 a.m. to a train derailment with fire near Spaulding and Gifford Road. A freight train on Canadian National […]

Train with Ethanol Tanker Cars Derails and Burns Near Tiskilwa, Illinois

Fri Oct 7, 2011 03:39 pm Cardinal News

Video at Night: Explosions shook the north-central Ill. village of Tiskilwa Friday when a freight train loaded with highly flammable ethanol crashed and ignited, sending bright orange flames jetting skyward and forcing the evacuation of […]

Norfolk Southern Ethanol Train Car Fire, Explosions Near Arcadia, Ohio

Sun Feb 6, 2011 03:07 pm Cardinal News

A freight train carrying volatile chemicals has derailed about 50 miles south of Toledo, Ohio, causing a tanker fire and forcing evacuations of nearby residents. No injuries have been reported. Firefighters and police responded about […]

Derailment on the Englewood Branch of CTA Green Line

Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:14 pm aauthor

A Green Line train derailment reported at 59th and Prairie in Chicago. Chicago Fire Department on the scene reporting 42 passengers with no serious injuries. Electric power is shut down on the rail in the […]

Glenview Northbrook Train Derailment Video from Shermer Road South of Willow Road

Mon Nov 2, 2009 03:38 pm Cardinal News

Video of South Incident Command showing train cars off the track and rolled down the embankment of the Shermer Road railroad viaduct. Two freight trains belonging to Canadian Pacific Railway struck each other just after […]

Extra Alarm HazMat Response for Major Train Derailment Near Willow and Shermer

Sun Nov 1, 2009 04:42 pm aauthor

View of a pileup of railroad cars behind a strip mall on the southeast corner of Willow and Shermer Road. Two freight trains were involved in a major train derailment near Shermer and Willow Road […]

Railroad Tank Cars Explode After Derailment, One Killed, Nine Injured

Sat Jun 20, 2009 08:13 pm admin

A Canadian National Railway freight train transporting thousands of gallons of ethanol derailed and ignited at a railroad crossing near Sandy Hollow Road and South Mulford Road in Cherry Valley, Illinois near Rockford at about […]

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