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AUSTIN, Texas — Capital Metro rail service was disrupted Wednesday, March 3, after a freight train on the tracks derailed overnight, forcing changes to the service.

A freight train derailed in Austin, TX on April 3, 2013 causing delays for Capital Metro Rail passengers and vehicle traffic. It will take days for repair crews to repair the damage to the tracks. Photo credit: Jessica Vess / KVUE

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EL PASO, Texas — A Union Pacific train derailed just before noon on Saturday afternoon on Saturday, March 23, in South El Paso, Texas.

Photo shows Union Pacific train derailment in South El Paso Texas on March 23, 2013.

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A train derailment rattled the neighborhood in southwest Bexar County Thursday morning, March 22, after a Union Pacific train derailed causing damage to a family’s home.

A Union Pacific train derailment happened March 22, 2013 in the 7500 block of Old Pearsall Road about 15.7 miles southwest of San Antonio and 2.8 miles notheast of Southwest San Antonio.

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NORTH ZULCH, Texas — A BNSF freight train traveling southbound derailed and collided with a Sanderson Farms chicken truck carrying live chickens in Madison County Texas between North Zulch and Normange. The driver of the truck was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan in stable condition.

A trucker was injured and had to be taken to the hospital following a collision with a BNSF train in North Zulch, TX late Monday night on March 18, 2013. The truck was loaded with live chickens.

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MIDLAND, Texas — According to an article at the San Antonio Express-News, state District Judge Rodney Satterwhite recused himself from a lawsuit centered on a West Texas train crash into a parade that killed four veterans last year. Judge Satterwhite stepped aside without any explanation and did not return a call from The Associated Press Tuesday.

Photo shows Nov. 15, 2012 Show of Support parade float and Union Pacific train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, Photo credit: James Durbin

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HOUSTON, Texas — A Union Pacific freight train slammed into a passenger car on Tuesday March 5 on Houston’s south side, sending the driver of the vehicle to the hospital.

A Union Pacific train crashed with a passenger vehicle in Houston, TX on March 5, 2013.

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It’s been more than 100 days since the Nov. 15 Show of Support parade float and train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, and still the Midland Police Department has not publicly stated the official primary cause of the crash.

Photo shows Nov. 15, 2012 Show of Support parade float and Union Pacific train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, Photo credit: James Durbin

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SUGAR LAND, Texas – A Kansas City Southern train struck an 18-wheeler carrying an antique Rolls Royce and a Nissan 300ZX sports car on Monday, Jan. 7, after the big rig became stuck on the railroad tracks.

Photo shows Kansas City Southern Railroad collision with semi truck that became stuck on the train tracks in Sugar Land, Texas on January 7, 2013.

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SANGER, TX — DentonRC.com reports that the last two cars of a BNSF freight train derailed on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 13, near Krum Jackson Cemetery in Texas.

At least two cars of a southbound BNSF train derailed in Sanger, TX on December 13, 2012 where a single track splits off into two lines. Part of the train went on one line and the last two cars went on the other. Photo credit: David Minton/DRC

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MIDLAND, Texas – - A preliminary report has been released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)  Weds., Dec. 6, that gives several details on the facts leading up to the fatal crash that that killed four veterans during a parade on Nov 15th.

KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

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