In order to stay up-to-speed on transportation and, more specifically, rail issues, I use Google Alert which collects and sends me emails several times a day with links to news...
Grade crossing accidents have been the subject of several previous blogs in which I’ve pointed out that reports of these incidents always seem to be written from a “train smashes...
What are the odds?? This past Friday, Amtrak train number 535, running from Sacramento to San Jose, hit and killed two people … in separate accidents! The train — like...
Amtrak’s Silver Star runs daily in each direction between Miami and New York City. This past Saturday, the train hit a car near Orlando, Florida. Three young people, all in...