Three people were injured on November 7, 2026, when a pickup truck and a train collided on Highway 359 near Reyna Ranch Road in Jim Hogg County, Texas. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the collision occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m. Saturday. One...
A pedestrian was killed on October 19, 2026, after being struck by a train in Houston, Texas. According to the Houston Police Department, officers were dispatched at approximately 1:00 p.m. to the 3100 block of Holmes Road near Highway 288 after receiving a report...
A 20-year-old rail crew worker was killed after a railcar derailed and overturned at the Hardy Farms plant in Durant, Oklahoma. According to the Durant Police Department, the worker was part of a crew loading and moving railcars that were not connected to a locomotive...
Two people were killed on September 24, 2026, when an Amtrak train struck a vehicle at the Bellingrath Road railroad crossing near Peary Road in Mobile, Alabama. Mobile police said a man and a woman died in the collision. The Amtrak Mardi Gras Service train was...
A woman died after her vehicle collided with a derailed train in Collinsville, Texas, on Sunday morning, August 16, 2026. Fire crews from the Collinsville Fire Department were called shortly before 5:20 a.m. to the area of U.S. 377 and County Line Church Road for what...
On July 23, 2026, a Union Pacific train struck a FedEx Mercedes-Benz Sprinter near State Highway 81 and FM Road 67 in Hill County, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. DPS reported that the Sprinter was traveling west on a private drive when it...
Railroad crossings are supposed to provide drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and commercial vehicle operators with clear warning before a train enters the crossing. Gates, flashing lights, bells, pavement markings, signs, and track signals all work together to create a...
A devastating crash in Stone County, Mississippi on March 27, 2026, left five people dead and one seriously injured after a train collided with a van at the Pump Branch Road crossing near Highway 49. According to the Stone County Sheriff's Department, six people were...
A fatal crash involving an Amtrak train and a pickup truck occurred on March 25, 2026, along Louisiana Highway 51 south of Amite, leaving one person dead and two others injured. According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, the collision took place around 2:40...
Railroad tracks are the foundation of every train operation. No matter how advanced a locomotive may be, how experienced a train crew is, or how sophisticated a railroad's signaling system becomes, trains ultimately depend on the condition of the tracks beneath them....