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A collection of news and information related to Railway Accidents published by Tribune Company sources. (Photo GETTY IMAGES)
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Ellicott City parking lot damaged in train derailment set for repairs
Parking Lot B in downtown Ellicott City will be closed beginning Monday, April 22, for the reconstruction of a retaining wall adjacent to the CSX railroad tracks. The lot, along the Patapsco River at the lower end of Main Street, is expected to be...
Tags: Patapsco, Ellicott City, Transportation Accidents, Ken Ulman
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Derailment of CSX Corp. train carrying sulfuric acid causes scare in Cecil Co.
Just before midnight Wednesday, three words brought a stream of emergency crews and hazardous materials units to a wooded corner of Cecil County just north of Interstate 95: liquid sulfuric acid. A train operated by CSX Corp. derailed about 11:45 p.m.,...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Ellicott City, Howard County, CSX Corporation, National Transportation Safety Board
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History matters
100 Years Ago Errant engine A Serious Railroad Accident "The passenger train that left Camden Station a few minutes before 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for Frederick, Winchester and intermediate stations was derailed in Union Dam tunnel, two miles...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Ellicott City, Santa Claus (fictional character), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Transportation Accidents
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Exhibit shows rocky side of relationship between trains and Sykesville
The Town of Sykesville has had a long love affair with trains, but even true love can be strained now and then. A new exhibit opening this month at the Sykesville Gate House Museum of History, "Gone Off the Rails: When Safety Fails," explores the times...Tags: Museums, Sykesville, Transportation Accidents, Railway Transportation
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Derailment probe appears to focus on track condition
Track conditions on a CSX Transportation railroad line appear to be the focus of a federal investigation into the train derailment that killed two women in Ellicott City last month. A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Ellicott City, Howard County, National Transportation Safety Board
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Ellicott City train derailment 911 calls depict stunned bystanders
Four callers sounded stunned as they told dispatchers that a train had just derailed in downtown Ellicott City, but none reported seeing anyone near the Aug. 20 wreck that killed two 19-year-olds, according to 911 recordings released Friday by Howard...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Coal, Ellicott City, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Accidents
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After train derailment, supporters flock to Ellicott City
When Ellicott City's Main Street re-opened to traffic Friday night, Mark Hemmis was watching the cars line up and drive by his restaurant. He said he couldn't remember the last time he had seen so many cars on the street; he certainly hadn't seen that...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Business, Ellicott City, National Transportation Safety Board, Media Industry
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Cause of death determined in Ellicott City train derailment deaths
Loved ones and friends prepared to say goodbye to the two young women who perished in a train derailment in Ellicott City as the first of the viewings began Thursday evening. Cars lined both sides of the quiet residential street leading up to the...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Roman Catholicism, Accidental Death, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Accidents
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Cause of deaths determined for teens killed in Ellicott City train derailment
The deaths of two Ellicott City teens who were buried in coal after a CSX train derailed shortly after midnight Tuesday has been ruled an accident, according to Howard County Police. Police said Thursday the medical examiner determined compressional...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Ellicott City, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Accidents
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In wake of train derailment, community rallies to support Ellicott City
Community members are rallying in support of Downtown Ellicott City this weekend, turning out to patronize the shops and restaurants affected by this weeks train derailment, which shut down a portion of Main Street and caused the deaths of two local...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Ellicott City, National Transportation Safety Board, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Transportation Accidents
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Hundreds mourn victim of train derailment
Some 700 mourners filled the pews Friday for a funeral Mass for 19-year-old Elizabeth Conway Nass, who died after being "at the wrong place at the wrong time," Monsignor John A. Dietzenbach said, referring to this week's tragic train derailment in...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Colleges and Universities, Ellicott City, National Transportation Safety Board, University of Delaware
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Family remembers train derailment victim Rose Mayr as talented dancer, singer
In the days after her sister, Rose, died in a train derailment, Anna Mayr felt as if her younger sibling were upstairs sleeping while friends swapped stories on the family's Ellicott City porch until the early hours of Sunday. Anna Mayr, a May graduate...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Ellicott City, Howard County, Inner Harbor
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