A freight train struck a passenger vehicle in Riverside on Friday morning and disrupted Metrolink service throughout the Orange County area. The collision was reported at about 5:30 a.m. by Metrolink officials between Riverside and La Sierra. The accident occurred when a man in his 40s drove his pickup truck on the tracks and was...
read moreSaturday afternoon, a sport utility vehicle and a light-rail train collided in Sacramento, killing three people, The Sacramento Bee reports. The victims were two adults and an 18-month-old baby who had been traveling in the SUV. Police said that a fourth person who had been in the SUV was wounded, and taken to a hospital with...
read moreA grassroots movement to silence train horns in the city of Orange has now grown to become the new standard. Trains will no longer need to use their horns at road-crossings because of $85 million upgrades to the railroad system. Since 2009, 52 railroad crossings have been upgraded. According to OCTA officials, this program has made...
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