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SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — Five railroad cars attached to a train, owned by Saginaw-based Lake State Railway, derailed spilling grain which was being hauled from the Hemlock area toward Saginaw.

A train derailed in Saginaw Township, MI spilling a load of grain alongside the tracks on February 9, 2013. Photo credit: Jeff Schrier / Mlive.com.

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GORE, W.Va. — A railroad worker was struck in the head on Sunday, Feb. 10, by a crane at the site of a CSX train derailment that occurred on Saturday in Gore, West Virginia, where a CSX locomotive and about five freight cars carrying coal derailed because of a rock slide.

Photo shows site of CSX train derailment on Feb. 9, 2013 in Gore West Virginia.

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BELL TOWNSHIP, PA. — A Norfolk Southern freight train partially derailed after colliding with a tractor trailer on Tuesday Feb 5, in Bell Township Pennsylvania.

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BLADENBORO, N.C.– A CSX train traveling from Hamlet to Wilmington on Saturday, Feb. 2, derailed causing one car containing anhydrous ammonia to tip over forcing more than 10 percent of Bladenboro’s population, or about 200 residents, to be evacuated from their homes. No injuries were reported at the time of the accident.

Photo shows CSX train derailment Feb. 2, 2013 in Bladenboro, North Carolina

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ROCKVIEW, MO — A Union Pacific train traveling from Chicago to Mexico with three locomotives and 112 cars derailed on Tuesday evening, January, 29, near Rockview Missouri in Scott County.

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PLUMAS COUNTY, CA. — A BNSF train traveling from Vancouver, Wash. to Barstow, California, struck a boulder early Friday morning, Jan. 25, about 24 miles west of Quincy.

Photo shows fuel on the surface of Feather River about two miles below where approx. 3,200 gallons spilled after a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train engine hit a rock and punctured a fuel tank.

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INDIANAPOLIS — WishTV.com reported that a CSX train has derailed early Wednesday morning, Jan. 23, on the west side of Indianapolis.

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SUGAR LAND, Texas – A Kansas City Southern train struck an 18-wheeler carrying an antique Rolls Royce and a Nissan 300ZX sports car on Monday, Jan. 7, after the big rig became stuck on the railroad tracks.

Photo shows Kansas City Southern Railroad collision with semi truck that became stuck on the train tracks in Sugar Land, Texas on January 7, 2013.

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BNSF Railway Co and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration achieved a milestone on Jan, 15, 2013, by signing an accord that protects railroad workers who report on-the-job injuries from retaliation.

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IMPERIAL, MO. — A BNSF train bound for Memphis derailed on Friday, Jan. 11, in Imperial, Missouri prompting authorities to evacuate nineteen homes on Churchill Court as a precaution due to residual chemicals inside two rail cars. Residents were allowed to return to their homes that evening.

Nine rail cars of a 92 car BNSF train derailed in Imperial, MO along a section of track running between cemetery plots on one side and residential homes on the other.

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