Railroad and commuter train accidents can involve just one person who has fallen onto the tracks or affect entire communities when a passenger train derails. Train accidents can be caused by a variety of factors:

• Derailments
• Train-train collisions
• Train-car collisions
• Railroad crossing accidents
• Railroad safety hazards

Railroad and commuter train accidents do not always involve a derailment or collision. Pedestrians and bystanders can slip and fall onto the train tracks and be crushed, for example. Regardless of how the train accident that injured you happened, any injury claim involving a train or railroad accident requires the attention of an experienced Long Island train wreck lawyer. In a case like this, a full investigation is necessary in order to determine who was at fault. Even if the liability seems blatantly obvious, there are usually additional factors that need to be considered, which might reveal additional parties who contributed to the train wreck. Parties like train conductors, train owners, passenger vehicle drivers, servicing companies, and even government agencies could all be found negligent.