A freight train loaded with logs has rolled from a side track onto a main line and hit a stationary commuter train during Boston’s rush hour, sending dozens of people to hospitals.

US Treasury Secretary John Snow has resigned and will be replaced by Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry Paulson, in another chapter of a White House shake-up to revive President George Bush’s troubled presidency.

US President W Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major US seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal had already been approved by his administration, the White House said yesterday.

DEFENDING champion Tiger Woods will not be the only focus of attention when the Masters golf tournament gets underway on Thursday.

THE US market opened badly yesterday on the back of the United Airlines bankruptcy announcement and a downgrade by IBM.

US President George Bush is today expected to name CSX Corp chairman John Snow as his new Treasury Secretary, White House officials said.

A double-decker Amtrak train derailed in the summer heat outside Washington, injuring more than 90 people, about 30 of them seriously.

A freight train carrying hydrochloric acid and other hazardous materials derailed in a downtown Baltimore tunnel and caught fire, pushing thick, black smoke into surrounding neighbourhoods and forcing officials to temporarily close all major roads into the city.

The runaway train that rolled through Ohio towns and farmland with a hazardous cargo started its near 70 mile ghost journey when the driver mistakenly hit the throttle instead of the brake.

A passenger train carrying 98 passengers in New York has collided with the back of a freight train, causing injuries to 68 people on board.