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Houston, TX — A Union Pacific train traveling west in Houston on Monday, June 10, collided with a big rig and knocked it over after the semi tried to cross the tracks.

A semi truck was knocked over onto its side after colliding with a Union Pacific train at the Sherwin St rail crossing in Houston, TX on June 10, 2013.

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WHEATLAND, NY – Several cars of a Rochester & Southern train derailed in Wheatland, NY on June 3, 2013 spilling tons of road salt only a few hundred yards from Oatka Creek. Wheatland is located in Monroe County, NY in the northern central part of the state about 99 miles west of Syracuse. Monroe County borders Lake Ontario on the Canadian border.

A Genesee & Wyoming train that was hauling road salt derailed in Wheatland, NY on June 3, 2013. Photo credit: YNN.com

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ROSEDALE, MD – A CSX train, carrying chemicals, ran into a trash truck in Rosedale, MD  and then derailed and exploded causing a shock wave that sent a huge plume of black smoke into the sky. Rosedale is located in Baltimore County, MD in the northern part of the state about 6 miles northeast of Baltimore.

A CSX train derailed and exploded after hitting a trash truck in an industrial area of Rosedale, MD on May 28, 2013. The force of the explosion was so violent that the photo shows the metal siding was blown off a nearby warehouse next to the tracks.

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WEST HAVEN, CT — A railroad worker was killed on May 28, 2013 by a southbound commuter train while working on the tracks near the Metro-North station in West Haven.

View of the Metro-North station in West Haven, CT where a railroad worker was killed on May 28, 2013 by a southbound commuter train heading for New York.

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ROCKVIEW, MO – A 75-car BNSF train carrying scrap metal was broadsided by a Union Pacific train hauling auto parts at a rail intersection in Rockview, MO on May 25, 2013. The accident injured two railroad workers and several motorists. Rockview is located in Scott County, MO in the southeastern part of the state about 126 miles southeast of St. Louis.

Rail cars and a concrete roadway lay in a heap after a collision between a Union Pacific train and a BNSF train caused a highway overpass to collapse in Rockview, MO on May 25, 2013.

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CHARLES CITY, IA – Three railroad workers had to be rescued on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 after five rail cars of a Canadian Pacific train derailed just east of Charles City, IA. The city of Charles City is located in Floyd County, Iowa in the northern part of the state about 104 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids.

An eastbound Canadian Pacific train derailed in Charles City, IA when a section of track was washed out by recent flooding on May 21, 2013. Photo: (Arian Schuessler/The Globe Gazette.

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BRIDGEPORT, CT. — Two metro trains traveling in opposite directions on May 17, collided in Bridgeport, CT. The crash involved about 700 passengers, injuring dozens of people, including one person who remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Two Amtrak trains collided in Bridgeport, CT near the border with Faifield, CT on May 13, 2013 injuring dozens. Photo credit: Michelle McLoughlin / Reuters

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CHICAGO, Ill. — The Chicago Tribune reported that the Brown and Red line trains are running again but with delays, after a car derailed on the Red Line near Armitage Avenue on Thursday, May 9, halting trains and sending at least one person to the hospital.

A passenger car on the CTA Red Line in Chicago, IL jumped the tracks on May 9 2013. One passenger had to be rescued by the Chicago Fire Department using an elevated bucket.

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TROUP, TX — The Texas Department of Public Safety told the media that emergency crews responded to an accident involving a Union Pacific train and an SUV in Troup on Friday.

Photo shows wreckage of passenger car down the tracks from the point of impact after a collision with a Union Pacific train at a rail crossing in Troup, TX on May 10, 2013.

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A Norfolk Southern railroad worker was killed after he was trapped in a mudslide while checking track conditions on Old Fort Mountain a few miles outside of Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Map showing location where a Norfolk Southern railroad worker was killed in a mudslide while working on a rail track on Old Fort Mountain in North Carolina on May 6, 2013. The accident happened a couple of miles outside Black Mountain, NC near Mill Creek Road.

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