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ANAHEIM, CA – In an apparent suicide, a man stepped in front of a Metrolink train at La Palma Avenue in Anaheim, California. Sgt. Rick Martinez said that at about 6:00 am Wednesday morning, August 25, and unidentified man walked in front of an oncoming train at La Palma near Pauline Street and stood there as the train approached.

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INDUSTRY, CA – A Union Pacific train derailed in the City of Industry, CA on Monday, July 12, 2010 at around 10:50 p.m. The derailment occurred along a section of track that runs between Fullerton Road and South Lemon Ave. alongside Valley Blvd.

City of Industry, CA derailment site at railway crossing - Fairway Drive facing east.

The City of Industry is located in Los Angeles, County in southern California about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, about 116 miles northwest of San Diego, about 401 miles southeast of San Francisco, about 404 miles southeast of Sacramento and about 47 miles southwest of San Bernardino. ... Read More

WATSONVILLE, CA – A train brake operator was injured when an 18 wheeler big-rig was torn in two Thursday afternoon on April 15, 2010 when it collided with a train on West Beach Street. The truck strew hundreds of gallon buckets filled with frozen strawberries across the road, blocking traffic for about five hours.

The truck driver was traveling eastbound on West Beach Street near Industrial Road around noon, Watsonville police officer Lee Katich said. The train was backing up on the north side of West Beach, heading south. The semi truck was traveling slower than the speed limit witnesses told officers, before it crashed into the train. ... Read More

LOS ANGELES, CA – Metrolink conductors and engineers are objecting to  an agreement between Metrolink and its new operator, Amtrak because it would require crews to pass personality tests in order to keep their jobs.

Metrolink - Southern California Regional Commuter Rail Service

Two railroad unions are objecting to the agreement and are threatening a boycott of the new personality-profiling tests that are being required in the wake of the disastrous Chatsworth crash in 2008 that killed 25 people. ... Read More

EL MONTE, CA – A Union Pacific railroad worker was killed by a Metrolink train at the Temple Avenue crossing near Valley Boulevard and the 605 Freeway in El Monte, California. The train accident occurred Saturday morning, March 20, 2010 at about 9:20 am. El Monte is located about 13 1/2 miles east of Los Angeles, in southern California. In the accident, three passengers on the train were also injured, although their injuries were not reported as life threatening.

Site of the Metrolink train crash El Monte, CA that killed a Union Pacific railroad worker and injured three other passengers on the train. Photo Credit: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

The deceased railroad worker, whose name has not been released, was on a railway crossing when the Union Pacific maintenance truck he was sitting in was struck by the Metrolink train. ... Read More