So did many of the town’s residents, reporting both the train crash and the fire ... already been delayed twice by stops for unrelated mechanical issues. In March, the NTSB opened a probe ...

The forces that a fully loaded train can exert on not only the tracks ... It’s very common to monitor for mechanical defects on wheels, such as flat spots caused by an axle locking up and ...

The last thing they expected to be involved in that morning was a train wreck that killed four people and injured up to 150. The Southwest Chief Train, operated by Amtrak, finally left Newton ...

Federal investigators have said the Norfolk Southern train crew received a warning about a mechanical problem shortly before an axle failed and caused the Ohio derailment. Railroads and the ...

It has been 25 years since the Village of Bourbonnais and Kankakee County endured one of the worst tragedies in the area, but for many there, the memory of it has yet to fade. Train hits woman ...

A freight train derailment which caused a huge fire and threatened an environmental disaster happened because of a brake defect, an investigation has found. Deficiencies in the design and ...

When the dust and the insults had settled after the infamous Hit for Haiti a few weeks ago, I suggested that Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras take their rivalry on the road—maybe with arm wrestling ...

That's the train wreck within the movie. The train wreck that is the movie is even more interesting. We all know that Will Smith "owns" the July 4 weekend -- so much so, there aren't any other big ...

And, as with those of other under-desk treadmills, its one-year limited warranty doesn’t cover normal wear and tear (just mechanical defects the manufacturer describes as “non-human factors”).

Main circus train wreck in Vail on Wednesday morning. VAIL — Local historian Susan O’Brien recited a mountain of facts Wednesday during a service commemorating the 1893 Walter L. Main Circus ...

Man allegedly takes severed leg from scene of Kern County train crash A man was arrested for allegedly taking a severed body part from the scene of a collision between an Amtrak train and a person ...