Derailment Quotes

We have had a number of derailments of late that have caught the public attention but you have to take a look at our performance in terms of the overall amount of work we do or train miles we operate. - Mark Hallman

Union Pacific apologizes for the inconveniences caused to Texarkana. Our hearts go out to the family that lost a person as a result of the derailment. - Mark Davis

They did not turn over. This was a minor derailment. - Susan Terpay

The danger isn't the crossing. The crossing is as safe as you can make it. The danger here continues to be that the trains are traveling within 35 feet of our (school) playground. With hazardous materials, and if there were a derailment, it could kill the whole population of the school. - Brian Bruns

Rail industry experts have suggested that the increased length of CN trains along BC Rail's former corridor has significantly increased the potential for derailment and is jeopardizing public safety. - David Chudnovsky

Not many situations would require us to evacuate the whole city... but some would might us to evacuate portions of the city - a tornado, for instance, or a train derailment. - Mike Magee

It's unclear at this time as to what caused this derailment. - Tom Miller

It could be a chemical spill, a train derailment. - Andy Watson

He certainly intended to commit the act of train derailment. - Steve Cooley

Even before the train derailments, there were transportation issues affecting getting the coal out of the Power River Basin because they don't have adequate rail infrastructure in place. - Britt Burt