Evansville NewsLocal news for Evansville, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Second UP train in five days derails- December 12, 2007 "I'm hoping they fix the tracks this time" EVANSVILLE, Ill. - The overturned train cars and mounds of spilled coal in Robert Mudd's yard on Tuesday was a sight a bit too familiar to residents on Pine Street. via Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...http://www.topix.net/city/evansville-il/2007/12/second-up-train-in-five-days-derails?fromr... State news of national interest- December 12, 2007 The head of state-run Ancora Psychiatric Hospital and a security guard were removed after an escaped patient killed himself hours after he was brought back. via International Herald Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/evansville-il/2007/12/state-news-of-national-interest?fromrss=1 Train derails again in Evansville, Ill.- December 11, 2007 Crews are on the scene of a Union Pacific train derailment for the second time in less than a week near the southern Illinois village of Evansville. via St. Louis Post-Dispatchhttp://www.topix.net/city/evansville-il/2007/12/train-derails-again-in-evansville-ill?from... Rail Cars Derail in Randolph County- December 10, 2007 "Yeah, I wouldn't stay close to the tracks, the way the trains would go back and forth. I knew this would happen someday. Everybody said it was going to happen sooner or later, and last night, it did" Residents of one small Randolph County town were a bit shaken up, but not surprised when 12 coal-hauling Union Pacific train cars derailed in their backyards Thursday night around 9 p.m. "I thought it was an ... via KFVShttp://www.topix.net/city/evansville-il/2007/12/rail-cars-derail-in-randolph-county?fromrs... Coal train derails near Evansville- December 8, 2007 "We understand the inconvenience and really apologize to the residents in the area." Twelve cars derailed at 9:15 p.m. Thursday in a Union Pacific train hauling coal from the mines in Southern Illinois up to Momence, near Chicago.The cars derailed outside of Evansville between Evans Drive and Mulberry Street, said Mark Davis, director of regional public affairs for Union Pacific Railroad.'We don't yet know what caused the derailment, but we are investigating,' Davis said. 'They were going...http://www.topix.net/city/evansville-il/2007/12/coal-train-derails-near-evansville?fromrss... Coal train derails in Randolph County- December 7, 2007 A few train cars carrying coal derailed last night in this Randolph County village, leaving officials a "big mess" to clean up, the village clerk said Friday. via Southern Illinoisanhttp://www.topix.net/city/evansville-il/2007/12/coal-train-derails-in-randolph-county?from... |