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JEWETT, TX – A Union Pacific train derailed on October 16, in Jewett, TX, blocking U.S. Highway 79 and shutting down traffic. the city of Jewett is located in Leon County, Texas in the eastern central part of the state about 68 miles southeast of Waco.

UP train derais in Jewett, TX at the U.S. HWY 79 rail crossing near Farm to Market 347 Oct.16, 2013.

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LONGVIEW, TX – Two rail tankers, containing hazardous material, jumped the tracks and overturned, causing a spill after a BNSF train derailed in Longview, TX. The city of Longview is located in Gregg County, (and partly in Harrison County) in the eastern part of the state.

Map shows location of BNSF tanker car derailment near Gum Springs Rd between E Cotton St and S Eastman Rd in Longview, Texas on September 8, 2013.

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MATHIS, TX – One Union Pacific Railroad employee was killed and another critically injured while doing maintenance on a rail bridge just north of Mathis, TX on September 4.

View from County Road 357 of a rail bridge where one Union Pacific Railroad worker was killed and another injured about 4.8 miles northwest of Mathis, TX on September 4, 2013.

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HOUSTON, TX. — Myrta Fariza, a Clear Lake woman who died from injuries in last month’s horrific train derailment in Spain, was laid to rest and remembered with a funeral mass on Weds., August 14, at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Nassau Bay.

Myrta Fariza, shown with her husband, Robert, has died from injuries resulting from a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain last month. Funeral was held on August 14, 2013.

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ALEDO, TX – The media reported that a railroad worker was injured in a Union Pacific train derailment in Aledo, TX on July 18, 2013. Two locomotives and seven rail cars jumped the tracks while the train was entering the main line off a side track that runs parallel to the main line.

A railroad worker was injured when a Union Pacific train derailed in Aledo, TX on July 18, 2013.

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HOUSTON, TX – Residents in the area of Oldham St and Sherman St in East Houston, TX had to be evacuated following a Union Pacific Train Derailment on June 30, 2013.

Several cars from a Union Pacific train derailed in Houston, TX on June 30, 2013 causing local residents to be evacuated from their homes due to possible hazardous materials .

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PANHANDLE, TX – A BNSF train derailed in Panhandle, TX on June 21, 2013 tipping over 42 rail cars in high winds. Panhandle is

Photo shows a BNSF train derailed in Panhandle, TX during high winds sending 42 out of 47 cars off the tracks at 1:00 a.m. on June 21, 2013.

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CASTRO COUNTY, Texas -— According to the BNSF spokesman, Joe Faust, strong winds were cited as the cause of more than 40 BNSF Railway cars derailing in Castro County, located in the Texas Panhandle.

Map shows location of BNSF train derailment just outside Summerfield TX on June 17, 2013.

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Houston, TX — A Union Pacific train traveling west in Houston on Monday, June 10, collided with a big rig and knocked it over after the semi tried to cross the tracks.

A semi truck was knocked over onto its side after colliding with a Union Pacific train at the Sherwin St rail crossing in Houston, TX on June 10, 2013.

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TROUP, TX — The Texas Department of Public Safety told the media that emergency crews responded to an accident involving a Union Pacific train and an SUV in Troup on Friday.

Photo shows wreckage of passenger car down the tracks from the point of impact after a collision with a Union Pacific train at a rail crossing in Troup, TX on May 10, 2013.