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EFFINGHAM, IL – An 18 wheeler hauling a semi trailer got stuck at a rail crossing in Effingham, IL and an eastbound CSX train crashed into it on September 28, 2011.

A CSX train collided with a semi trailer that was stuck high centered over the tracks at a rail crossing in Effingham, IL on September 28, 2011. Photo credit: Effingham Daily News

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FULTS, Il. – A Union Pacific train carrying carrying coal from out of state derailed on Sunday, July 24, at about 12:45 p.m near the southwestern Illinois town of Fults.

The accident damaged two stretches of track and a bridge, but officials said railroad workers should have the track repaired by late Monday. Fults Illinois is about 40 miles southeast of St. Louis, MO. ... Read More

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL – A semi truck collided with a Metra passenger train, shearing the cab from the truck, derailing the train and killing the truck driver on May 13, 2011.

Aerial view of horrific Metra commuter train crash in Mount Prospect, IL where the conductor was seriously injured, a semi truck driver was killed and many people were injured and taken to local hospitals. Photo credit: WGN- TV Channel 9, Chicago

Mount Prospect is a suburb of Chicago and is located in Cook County, Illinois in the northeastern part of the state. It is about 24 miles northwest of the city of Chicago.
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NORMANDY, IL — A  Union pacific trail carrying grain to Texas derailed shortly after 8 a.m on Friday, May 6, about one mile south of Normandy in northwestern Bureau County spilling corn into an adjacent field.

Early reports from Bureau County Sheriff’s Department indicated seven cars had derailed, but Union Pacific Northern Region media director Mark Davis later confirmed 31 cars had derailed. ... Read More

WILMETTE, IL – A 76-year old Evanston, IL man was killed when he was struck by a Union Pacific Metra train near the Wilmette station on March 18, 2011. Wilmette is located about 19 miles north of Chicago, Illinois in Cook County.

Metra Commuter Rail

The incident appeared to be a suicide. According to eyewitnesses, the man walked onto the tracks, crouched down and was hit by the oncoming train. ... Read More

ELGIN, IL – Just before 2:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, January 16, 2011, 8 cars of a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed in the south side of Elgin, IL.

Most of Elgin, Illinois lies in Kane County with some portions residing in Cook County. The city of Elgin is about 40 miles northwest of Chicago. ... Read More

ROODHOUSE, IL – Eight rail cars of a Kansas City Southern Railway train occurred about 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, November 16, when the eastbound train being pulled by four engines slowed to make the curve onto southbound tracks at the Roodhouse Rail Yard. Eight empty grain cars behind the engines derailed to the west of the tracks that run parallel to U.S. Route 67 through Roodhouse.

Roodhouse Police Chief Steve Speeks said Thursday that the superintendent of the city’s Street Department continues to keep West Rowe Street blocked from traffic because of road damage caused by Tuesday morning’s derailment of a 144-car Kansas City Southern Railway Co. train. ... Read More

WAYNE CITY IL – A mail carrier was killed when his vehicle collided with a Canadian National freight train in Farrington Township in Jefferson County, Illinois on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The accident occurred at the railroad crossing on Holiday Rd. near the Papertown Ag Service plant just west of the Wayne County line and about a half-mile south of the Marion County line.

Rail crossing at East Heartland Road near where mail carrier's vehicle came to rest after collision with train in Jefferson County, IL.

Wayne City is located in Wayne County, in central Illinois about 151 miles south of Springfield, about 223 miles south of Peoria, about 133 miles south of Decatur and about 277 miles south of Chicago. ... Read More

RIVERDALE, IL – The woman, who was killed Friday night on April 23, 2010 when a freight train rolled over her in a Riverdale rail yard, has been identified as Melinda Carter, 37, a CSX railroad employee. According to Melinda’s family, she was at work in the yard when a train malfunctioned and rolled over her.

Melinda Carter, a 37 year old CSX train conductor, was run over by a freight train that malfunctioned while she was working in a Riverdale rail yard.

The accident occurred on the company’s grounds near 134th Street and Ashland Avenue in Riverdale and an investigation is ongoing, a CSX spokesman said.  ... Read More

UNIVERSITY PARK, IL – One person was killed in a train accident while driving an SUV through a railway crossing in University Park, IL about 9:42 p.m. Friday evening, April 16, 2010. The fatal train accident happened at the railway crossing just east of the intersection at Stuenkel Rd and Governors Hwy.

Railroad workers from the Canadian National Railway check the signals at the Stuenkel Road crossing Monday following Friday's fatal crash. Photo credit: Joseph P. Meier / SouthtownStar

University Park is in the northern part of Illinois about 40 miles south of Chicago, about 159 miles northeast of Peoria, 187 miles northeast of Springfield, 151 miles northeast of Decatur and about 249 miles northeast of Mount Vernon. ... Read More