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CHEAT BRIDGE, WV. – A truck driver was killed and 63 rail passengers and crew were injured on October 11, when a logging truck crashed into a sightseeing train in Cheat Bridge, WV. Cheat Bridge is an unincorporated community located in the Monongahela National Forest in southeastern Randolph County in the east-central part of the state.

A logging truck crashed with a sightseeing train in Cheat Bridge, WV killing the trucker, tipping over and derailing two rail cars and injuring several passengers on October 11, 2013. Photo credit: The Pocahontas Times.

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HENDERSON COUNTY, KY – A semi truck driver was killed in Henderson County, KY on October 9, after a CSX train crashed into his big rig as the trucker was crossing the tracks. Henderson County is located in the northwest on the border with Evansville, Illinois.

A semi truck driver was killed in a crash with a CSX train in Henderson County, KY on Oct. 9, 2013.

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WASHINGTON, DC – A welder, who was an employee of a company contracted by the WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority), was killed in a blast on October 6, while welding new rail sections in one of the tunnels near Union Station in D.C.

A worker was killed in an explosion while welding some new rail sections in a Metro Rail tunnel near Union Station in Washington, DC on October 6, 2013.

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RUFFIN, NC – A Norfolk Southern train derailed on Tuesday October 1, in Ruffin, NC blocking the road with one rail car and sending another into a residential back yard.

A rail car blocking a road in Ruffin, NC after a train derailed on Oct. 1, 2013. Photo: myfox8.com

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FOREST PARK, IL – Over 30 passengers passengers were injured on Monday,  September 30, after an out of service CTA commuter train got loose and then crashed into another train in Forest Park, IL. Forest Park is a suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois.

A CTA commuter train mysteriously got loose and ran into another train injuring many passengers in Forest Park, IL on September 30, 2013.

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MCBEAN, GA – A Norfolk Southern train derailed on September 17, when a semi truck crashed into it in Burke County, GA. McBean is located in Richmond County, Georgia in the eastern part of the state. The accident site was in Burke County, GA near the Richmond County line about 17.6 miles southeast of Augusta.

Hazmat and emergency crews responding at the scene of a Norfolk Southern train derailment after a collision with a semi in McBean, GA Sept. 17, 2013. Photo: Michael Holahan / Augusta Chronicle

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CLEVELAND, NC – One person was injured on September 23 when a Norfolk Southern train collided with a dump truck in Cleveland, NC. Cleveland is located in Rowan County, in the west-central part of the state about 141 miles west of Raleigh.

A dump truck rests about .2 of a mile down the tracks after a collision with a Norfolk Southern train at a private rail crossing in Cleveland, NC on September 2013. Photo credit: AirStar

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COURTLAND, VA – Two railroad workers were injured on September 19, in a fiery CSX train derailment in Courtland, VA. after 9 rail cars and 2 locomotives from a 41 car CSX train jumped the tracks. Diesel fuel from a punctured tank created a large fuel spill which ignited and burst into flames. An engineer & a conductor in one of the locomotives became trapped in a tangle of rail cars and had to be rescued by emergency crews at the scene.

Two railroad workers were injured in a fiery CSX train derailment in Courtland, VA Sept. 19, 2013.

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MONROE TOWNSHIP, PA – A Norfolk Southern train derailed on September 12, 2013 after a crash with a tractor trailer in Monroe Township, PA. Monroe Township is located in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the southern central part of the state about 17 miles southwest of Harrisburg.

Debris from a shattered concrete beam covers the front of a Norfolk Southern locomotive that collided with a tractor-trailer in Monroe Township, PA on September 12, 2013. Photo credit: Jason Malmont/The Sentinel

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LONGVIEW, TX – Two rail tankers, containing hazardous material, jumped the tracks and overturned, causing a spill after a BNSF train derailed in Longview, TX. The city of Longview is located in Gregg County, (and partly in Harrison County) in the eastern part of the state.

Map shows location of BNSF tanker car derailment near Gum Springs Rd between E Cotton St and S Eastman Rd in Longview, Texas on September 8, 2013.

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