Rail travellers endured 4,000 hours of hold-ups in the past five years – because of leaves ... every train journey to work out who is to blame for any problems. Network Rail wipes tracks with ...

The oily residue from leaves causes train wheels to slip along the tracks, making "flat spots" that require the wheels be taken to a maintenance facility to be ground back to perfect roundness.

Photos of the crash aftermath showed Hidalgo's SUV being lifted with a crane from the train tracks. The MTAPD said Hidalgo drove approximately "half a mile east" on the tracks before stopping ...