NYC Train Derailment

• Man paralyzed in derailment forgives train driver

  A railroad mechanic paralyzed in a deadly New York derailment says he forgives the man who was driving the train.

  Money

  Apr 9, 2014
  
• After NYC train crash, senators press to require cameras to watch train engineers and tracks

  A week after four people died in a New York commuter train derailment, two federal lawmakers proposed Sunday that trains nationwide be outfitted with cameras pointed at engineers and at the tracks.

  World

  Dec 8, 2013
  
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• Authorities: Engineer of deadly NY train wreck suspended without pay

  The engineer driving the commuter train that went off the rails in New York City last weekend has been suspended without pay.

  World

  Dec 5, 2013
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• NYC train derailment highlights risk of ‘highway hypnosis’

  An engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, experienced a hypnotic-like "daze" and nodded at the controls, a lawyer said.

  World

  Dec 4, 2013
• NYC train derailment airs queries about technology

  YONKERS, N.Y. – The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barrelling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is fueling questions about whether automated crash-avoidance technology could have prevented the carnage. Safety officials have championed what’s known as positive train control technology for decades, but the railroad...

  World

  Dec 3, 2013
• NTSB: Train going too fast at curve before wreck, no issue with brakes

  Data recorders retrieved from the train that derailed in New York may provide information on key factors related to what went wrong.

  World

  Dec 2, 2013
• NY Gov. Cuomo says 4 people dead, 63 injured in train derailment

  A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed and came to rest only inches from the water Sunday, killing four people, injuring more than 60.

  World

  Dec 2, 2013