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KIOWA, KS – A man was injured when his stalled SUV was hit by a train in Kiowa, KS on Monday, April 11, 2011.

Kiowa is located in Barber County, Kansas in the southern part of the state on Oklahoma’s northern border, about 90 mile southwest of Wichita. ... Read More

ENID, OK – On Tuesday, April 5, 2011 a BNSF freight train derailed in Enid, OK, toppling rail cars and spilling their contents.

Location of BNSF train derailment in the Enid, Oklahoma rail yard on April 5, 2011.

Enid is located in Garfield County, Oklahoma in the northern part of the state about 86 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. ... Read More

LONGVIEW, WA – Three people were killed and a fourth was critically injured when a shuttle van drove through a private railroad crossing in Longview, WA and into an oncoming BNSF freight train on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

Shuttle van where 3 people were killed and another critically injured lies in a ditch after collision with BNSF freight train on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Longview, WA.

Two railroad workers were killed and a third was critically injured in the accident. The shuttle van driver was also killed in the accident. ... Read More

BISMARCK, ND – On Friday, March 18, 2011 a BNSF train derailed in east Bismarck, ND, causing 14 rail cars loaded with coal to leave the tracks.

Fourteen rail cars hauling coal tipped over in BNSF train derailment in Bismarck, ND on Friday, March 18, 2011. Thirteen rail cars were destroyed in the incident.

Bismarck is in Burleigh County, North Dakota in the central part of the state about 6 miles southeast of Mandan. ... Read More

ESSEX, MT – A BNSF train derailed about 4 miles west of Essex, MT in a mountainous area amidst cold weather and snow shortly before noon on Wednesday, March 9, 2011.

Blocked tracks and jammed rail cars at the scene of a BNSF train derailment near Essex, MT on Wednesday, Mar 9, 2011. Photo credit: Flathead County Sheriff's Office

Essex is in Flathead County, Montana in the northwestern part of the state near Glacier National Park and about 170 miles northwest of Great Falls. ... Read More

THEDFORD, NE – Two BNSF trains crashed in Thedford, Nebraska on Thursday, March 10, 2011 causing 72 rail cars to derail.

Two BNSF trains collide and derail creating a pile of empty railcars in the Middle Loup River in Thedford, NE. Photo credit: Dawn E. Bryant/World-Herald News Service

Thedford is in Thomas County, NE in the north-central part of the state, about 157 miles northwest of Grand Island. ... Read More

UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA. – A BNSF train derailed around 8:00 pm Saturday night, February 26, near Chambers Bay golf course in University Place, Washington. The accident sent four tankers filled with sodium hydroxide onto the beach, spilling about 50 gallons of lye.

BNSF crews untangle the wreckage of a freight train that derailed at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington. Photo courtesy S. Wyant on Hometown Clipper website.

A northbound freight train with two locomotives and 109 cars was on the tracks when it derailed. All but 11 cars, including six tanker cars, were empty. Train crews from from Tacoma, Olympia, Seattle, Pasco and Salem, Ore were on the scene of the accident within 30 minutes to contain the spill. ... Read More

AMARILLO, TX – A railroad employee who worked for BNSF was injured on Tuesday, February 22, when a railroad tank released sulfuric acid.  The accident occurred at 1900 S. Johnson St. and the vapors escaped the tank about 9:35 a.m., Fire Capt. Wes Hall said.

The worker was unidentified, but four Amarillo firefighters responded to the incident and arrived on the scene to treat the injured worker. ... Read More

ROCK CREEK, MT – On Tuesday afternoon at around 2 p.m. seventeen BNSF railroad cars derailed off of the western portion of Montana’s Hi-Line on Tuesday afternoon, just south of the Flathead Tunnel.

The train, which was headed from Moore, Montana to Kalama, Washington, was carrying over 100 cars of wheat when it derailed in Rock Creek, around 2 pm. Rock Creek is about 52 west of White Fish, MT. ... Read More

PERRY, OK – At least three families were forced to leave their homes following the derailment of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train in Perry, OK on Thursday, January 13, 2011.

Derailed freight cars just west of the 7th Street railroad crossing in Perry, OK on Thursday, January 13, 2011. Photo credit: News9.com

Perry is in Noble County, Oklahoma in the northern part of the state about 79 miles northwest of Tulsa. ... Read More