Waterloo man killed by a train suing railroad and local farm.
A Waterloo man is suing Union Pacific railroad after approaching a double-track railroad crossing while one train was traveling north and the other south. He stopped for the first train but didn’t see the second one according to his father. The lawsuit states some specifics about the railroad grade crossing…
Read MoreRailroad ordered to upgrade railroad grade crossing
The state has ordered automated signals at a railroad crossing south of Janesville. The Office of the Commissioner of Railroads issued the order Friday, Feb. 5, more than two years after a state inspector investigated the crossing and recommended the upgrade, according to the order. The order states: The Wisconsin…
Read MoreTrain hits vehicle at grade crossing with possible gates malfunction
HAMMOND — Authorities are investigating a possible railroad crossing malfunction after a train struck a vehicle Thursday night, police said. At 4:45 p.m., first responders were called to the crash at a train crossing at 169th Street and Alabama Avenue, said Lt. Hammond Steve Kellogg. The crash was low-speed and…
Read MoreMan dies when vehicle struck by train at railroad grade crossing
A Montrose man was killed when his SUV was struck by a CSX freight train in Montrose Sunday. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident at Maple Street crossing at 9:47 a.m. and found a northbound blue 2003 Ford Escape had been struck by the westbound train on…
Read More18-wheeler and train collide
A collision between a train and a tractor/trailer truck occurred around 11 a.m. Tuesday at the railroad crossing on Highway 10 east in Brundidge. Brundidge Police Chief Moses Davenport said the distribution truck had just left the Walmart Distribution Center and was traveling eastbound along Highway 10 when the accident…
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