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ROSEDALE, Md. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report on Wednesday, June 12, in the fiery CSX train derailment that occurred in Rosedale on May 28, when a trash truck and train collided. In their report, the NTSB revealed the crossing where the train collided with a truck gave almost no warning for drivers; the stop signs were barely visible.

Photo shows A CSX derailed train car carrying chemicals burning after being struck by a truck in Rosedale, Maryland May 28, 2013. Photo: Baltimore Sun

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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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MONROE, N.C. — A CSX train crash involving 5 vehicles and a semi truck on Tuesday, April 30, shut down Old Charlotte Highway and Rocky River Road in Monroe N.C. for hours.

A CSX train plowed into a semi truck that was stopped on the tracks at a rail crossing in Monroe, NC on April 30, 2013 and spilled a load of PVC pipe all over the surrounding area.

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FAIRFAX, SC — Two pedestrians were killed at a train crossing by a CSX train on Wednesday, April 10, in Fairfax, South carolina, according to Fairfax Police Chief Marvin Williams.

View of the rail crossing at 6th St and U.S. Highway 278 in Fairfax, SC where two pedestrians were killed as they were struck by a passing CSX train while crossing the tracks on April 10, 2013.

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CECIL COUNTY, MD. — A CSX train traveling from Selkirk, N.Y., to Hamlet N.C. carrying sulfuric acid, derailed in Cecil County, Maryland near the city of Elkton just before midnight on Wednesday, Feb.20. Aside from two rail cars full of acid, the train was also carrying cars with boxed merchandise and covered hoppers full of iron ore.

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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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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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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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ST. CHARLES, Va. — A tragic accident took place on Sunday, Dec. 9, in St. Charles, Virginia when a CSX rail car carrying coal derailed resulting in the death of a Kentucky man and causing serious injuries to his passenger, also from Kentucky.

One man was killed and another seriously injured after a CSX train derailment in St. Charles, VA on December 9, 2012. Photo credit Matthew Siddons / Shutterstock.com

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SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. — A 53-foot-long tractor trailer carrying mail was sliced in half by an oncoming CSX train on Monday, Sept 24, at a railroad crossing in Somerset, Pennsylvania due to an impatient trucker who thought he could out run the train.

A semi trailer hauling US Mail was cut in two after a crash with a CSX train in Somerset Township, PA on September 24, 2012. Mail was scattered for miles. According to the USPS, there was no First Class or Express Mail in the truck and that it was carrying 3rd class and bulk mail only.

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