Trains

Problems with spring switch led to NS derailment and collision in Illinois: NTSB

Inadequate procedures for coordination between Norfolk Southern’s track and signal departments led to a derailment, collision, and hazardous-material release in Illinois in July 2025, according to a ...

‘Tragic accident’: Wheaton College baseball player hit, killed by train while crossing tracks

Wheaton College is mourning a student-athlete who was killed when struck by a train Sunday morning after attending church.

Woman escapes with minor injuries as car hit by train

A woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car was hit by a freight train on a level crossing in ...
Daily Mail

Recent prep school graduate, 18, waited for train to cross tracks before walking...but was killed when he didn't see locomotive coming in the other direction

Tomassino Offer, 18, tragically died when an eastbound Union Pacific freight train crashed into him at about 10.30am on ...

College baseball player dead at 18 after being struck by freight train

Wheaton College baseball player Tomassino "Tommy" Offer was struck and killed by a train on Sunday. He was 18. Tomassino "Tommy" Offer died following the incident that occurred around 10:15 a.m. near ...
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Tomassino Offer death hits Wheaton College College Baseball program after Sunday train accident

Tomassino Offer, a Wheaton College freshman in college baseball, died Sunday in a train accident, prompting remembrances and ...

In 2005, the US required reflective markings on freight cars to improve visibility at crossings; nearly 1 in 4 crossing collisions involved vehicles hitting trains

Discover how federal regulations requiring reflective strips on freight cars since 2005 have reduced highway-rail collisions ...