06 JUL., 1998
UNITED STATES, MARIENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA-VANDALS SABOTAGED TRAIN TRACKS CAUSING A PASSENGER TRAIN WITH 30 PEOPLE ON BOARD TO DERAIL. THE TRAIN WAS MOVING AT ONLY 10 MPH AND NO ONE WAS HURT. SPIKES AND TRACK COUPLERS WERE REMOVED FROM A CURVE IN THE TRACKS.
06 JUL., 1998
UNITED STATES, ARICEBO, PUERTO RICO-A PIPE BOMB WAS PLACED ON A BRIDGE IN ARICEBO BUT DID NOT EXPLODE. NO ONE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY.
21 JUL., 1998
UNITED STATES, BUFFALO, NEW YORK-A TRAIN CARRYING FUEL WAS DERAILED NEAR BUFFALO. OFFICIALS SUSPECT SABOTAGE FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF A LOCK MISSING FROM A SWITCH AND INDICATIONS THAT THE LOCK HAD BEEN SMASHED OFF.
22 JUL., 1998
UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON, DC-AN AMTRAK TRAIN AT UNION STATION WAS EVACUATED WHEN AN UNIDENTIFIED CALLER STATED THERE WAS A BOMB ON THE TRAIN. NO DEVICE WAS FOUND.
14 OCT., 1998
UNITED STATES, PHILADELPHIA, PA-AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN WAS SHOT AT AND A WINDOW WAS SHOT OUT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
21 OCT., 1998
UNITED STATES-FOUR GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS BOARDED THE CANADIAN CARGO SHIP M/V THORSEGGEN AND CHAINED THEMSELVES TO LOADING CRANES. THEY UNFURLED A BANNER THAT READ "STOP DESTROYING THE GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST." GREENPEACE CLAIMS THAT THE SHIP WAS CARRYING MORE THAN 8,000 TONS OF NEWSPRINT ORIGINATING FROM LOGGING OPERATIONS BY THE VANCOUVER-BASED INTERNATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED.
05 NOV., 1998
UNITED STATES, CHARLOTTE, NC-VANDALISM IS SUSPECTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF FIVE CARS FROM A CONRAIL TRAIN NEAR CHARLOTTE. TRACK WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR AN ESTIMATED SIX HOURS.
