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HUTCHINSON COUNTY, TEXAS 84TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT — Railroad injury lawyer, Gordon &amp Elias, LLP, represent a 23-year old railroad employee from Borger, Texas, who was performing his duties as a conductor while in the employment of Panhandle Northern Railroad, LLC., when he was caused to suffer physical injuries due to the negligence of Panhandle Northern Railroad, LLC.

Panhandle Northern Railroad, L.L.C is located in Borger, Texas

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MCPHERSON COUNTY, KANSAS 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT – Railroad injury lawyer, Gordon &amp Elias, LLP, represent a 46-year old railroad worker from San Antonio, Texas, who was performing his duties as a conductor/engineer while in the employment of Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, when he was caused to suffer physical injuries due to the negligence of Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad.

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GARY, |N — Two railroad workers were injured early Sunday morning, April 8, when a CSX train and South Shore Freight train collided near the U.S. 12 overpass in Gary, Indiana. Firefighters had to extricate both railroad workers, including one who had a broken leg.

A CSX train and a South Shore Freight train crashed into each other in Gary, IN at a switch where 3 tracks run side by side near the U.S. 12 overpass.

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LEONI TOWNSHIP, MI – An Amtrak train collided with a tractor trailer and then derailed in Leoni Township, MI sending 10 people to the hospital on Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

Wreckage of an Amtrak train derailment in Leoni Township, MI where a westbound passenger train struck a tractor trailer that was stuck on the tracks. Photo credit: Rebecca Cook / Reuters

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ST. LOUIS, MO – A railroad worker, employed by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, fell to his death from the MacArthur Bridge Wednesday afternoon Jan.25.

Photo shows MacArthur Bridge across Mississippi River from St Louis to East St Louis

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A California train disaster that occurred less than four years ago on Sept. 12, 2008 causing 25 deaths and 135 injuries in Chatsworth, CA, was the catalyst for the passage of The Rail Safety Improvement Act in 2008.

Photo shows rescue workers in front of the Metrolink locomotive lying on its side after penetrating the lead passenger car (left) in the Chatsworth, CA railroad accident in 2008.

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AMARILLO, TX – A BNSF railroad worker was killed on Monday, January 9, 2012 in an Amarillo rail yard while moving a piece of railroad maintenance equipment.

Rail yard in Amarillo, TX where a BNSF railroad worker was killed in a train accident with a maintenance car on January 9, 2012.

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VALPARAISO, IN – Three CSX freight trains collided in a fiery pileup in a rural section of Porter County, IN just northeast of Valparaiso.

Thick black smoke visible for miles from the collision of three CSX freight trains following a collision and derailment on tracks near Valpariso, IN on January 6, 2012.

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KANSAS CITY, MO – Two railroad workers were injured in a Kansas City, MO rail yard and were taken to the hospital on Monday, January 2, 2012 following a suspected chemical leak.

Kansas City, MO Hazmat personnel check out report of a suspected chemical leak that sent two railroad workers to the hospital on Monday, January 2, 2012.

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SCHERTZ, TX – A Union Pacific train crashed into a semi truck that was stuck on the tracks in Schertz, TX on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 2011.

A train crashed into a semi truck that was stuck on the tracks on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011 in Schertz, TX at the corner of FM 3009 and FM 78. Photo credit: San Antonio Express News

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