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SUGAR CREEK, MO – It was around 1:00 am Saturday morning, July 3, when a witness reported a train derailment in Sugar Creek, Missouri. Seventeen cars derailed and six cars overturned. One car that carried a chemical called Toluene was ignited which caused the rail car to explode.

BNSF train stopped on the tracks along the highway after 17 cars derailed in Sugar Creek, MO

Fiery inferno following an explosion after 17 car BNSF train derailment in Sugar Creek, MO

“The tank was filled with animal fat,” said Police Chief, Herb Soule. ... Read More

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, IN – A CSX train derailed in Jackson Township, Indiana on Wednesday, June 16, 2020, then a worker was killed when a crane toppled onto him a day later during the cleanup effort.

Officials make their way east, down the track, towards the wreckage of a CSX train derailment between Mander Road and C.R. 400 E. in Jackson Township. Photo credit: Kevin Nevers

Jackson Township is located in Porter County in the northwestern part of the state, about 25 miles east of Gary, Indiana and about 158 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

The derailment occurred about 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday between Mander Road and County Road 400 East. The derailment shut down the Old Suman Road grade-crossing on Wednesday until the front portion of the train could be separated and moved down the track. ... Read More

OLD FORT, NC – A Norfolk Southern train moving about a mile away from the Pisgah National Forest derailed just before 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2010 spilling 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The mishap occurred just west of Old Fort, NC while heading west up the Old Fort Mountain.

Norfolk Southern train derails near Pisgah National Forest on Thursday, June 17, 2010.

Old Fort is in McDowell County, North Carolina in the eastern part of the state, about 24 miles east of Asheville, about 251 miles west of Raleigh, about 172 miles southwest of Greensboro, about 124 miles northwest of Charlotte and about 358 miles northwest of Jacksonville. ... Read More

Liberty, SC – A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Liberty, SC on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at about 4:30 p.m. A toxic substance was spilled from a tanker in the mishap but the spill was contained by Hazmat teams. Twenty-four freight cars were involved in the derailment and were damaged as a result.

Massive pileup of freight cars near Liberty, SC as a result of the Norfolk Southern derailment on Thursday, June 10, 2010

Liberty is in Pickens County, South Carolina in the northwestern part of the state, about 235 miles northwest of Charleston, about 20 miles southwest of Greenville, about 111 miles southwest of Rock Hill, about 239 miles northwest of Mount Pleasant, about 49 miles southwest of Spartanburg, about 126 miles northwest of Columbia, about 270 miles norhtwest of Myrtle Beach and about 214 miles northwest of Summerville.
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DOSWELL, VA – A CSX employee was killed after being struck by a train in Doswell, Virginia on Thursday, June 10, 2010. The victim has been identified as Marshall W. Conner, 54 years old, from Spring Grove, VA. The accident happened shortly after 10:00 a.m. while Connor was working in a rail yard alongside the tracks.

CSX railroad employee killed when he was hit by a train in Doswell, Virginia on June 10, 2010.

Doswell is located in Hanover County, Virginia in the central part of the state about 27 miles north of Richmond, about 126 miles northwest of Virginia Beach, about 11 miles northwest of Norfolk, about 124 miles northwest of Chesapeake, about 99 miles northwest of Newport News, about 96 miles northwest of Hampton, about 184 miles northeast of Roanoke, about 35 miles south of Fredericksburg, about 78 miles southeast of Charlottesville and about 134 miles northeast of Lynchburg. ... Read More

SMITHSBURG, MD — A CSX train that was travelling from Hanover to Hagerstown, Maryland derailed in Smithsburg around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The derailment occurred just past the rail crossing at Maple Ave. where the train hit a track switch causing the end cars to become unbalanced and derail.

Five CSX rail cars derail in Smithsburg, Maryland on Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Smithsburg is located in Washington County, Maryland. It is in the northern part of the state about 72 miles northwest of Baltimore, about 66 miles northwest of Columbia, about 65 miles northwest of Silver Spring, about 82 miles northwest of Dundalk, about 59 miles northwest of Wheaton-Glenmont and about 86 miles northwest of Bowie.
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CLEVELAND, NC – A tractor-trailer collided with a Norfolk Southern train in Cleveland, North Carolina on June 7, 2010. The truck driver was injured but at this time there are no reports if any railroad workers sustained injuries as a result of this incident. The accident occurred in front of Shaver Wood Products in Rowan County at about 10:30 in the morning near Statesville Boulevard (U.S. 70). Shaver Wood Products is located at the Rowan-Iredell county line just off U.S. 70.

Norfolk Southern train collides with semi tractor-trailer just outside Shaver Wood Products just off Statesville Boulevard in Cleveland, NC

Cleveland lies just off U.S. 70 about half-way between Statesville and Salisbury. Cleveland is about 13.6 miles northwest of Salisbury and about 13.3 miles southeast of Statesville. ... Read More

KEARNY, NJ — A New Jersey Transit worker died after he was struck by a wayward locomotive in a railroad maintenance yard in Kearny, New Jersey early Monday morning, June 1, 2010 around 3:30 a.m. The railroad worker who was killed was identified as 63-year-old NJ Transit worker, Greg Kastner.

New Jersey Transit

Kastner’s job was to help shuttle engines in the Meadows Maintenance Facility which is located in Kearny, New Jersey, about 5 miles just outside New York City. The Meadows Maintenance Facility yard is located  off the Newark Turnpike (NJ 7), adjacent to the Conrail South Kearny yard. ... Read More

NEW ALBANY, MS – A railroad worker was killed while equipment was being loaded with a backhoe in New Albany, Mississippi on June 2, 2010. The fatal train accident happened north of the Cleveland Street crossing while working on the Mississippi-Tennessee Railroad.

Mississippi Tennessee Railroad

New Albany is located in the northern part of the state about 194 miles north of Jackson, about 330 miles north of Gulfport, about 257 miles north of Hattiesburg, about 336 miles north of Biloxi, about 220 miles northeast of Southhaven, about 172 miles north of Meridian, about 28 miles northwest of Tupelo and about 169 miles northeast of Greenville. ... Read More

CHATTANOOGA, TN – The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating the May 23 CSX train derailment in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which happened at about 4:30 p.m. near the 3200 block of Broad Street. Officials may also be looking at the steadily rising number of accidents in the area.

Workers inspect overturned rail cars after a CSX train derailed on the tracks that cross Broad St. No injuries were reported in the mishap. Photo credit: Jake Daniels/Chattanooga Times Free Press

The CSX derailment was at least the third this year in Chattanooga. A fourth derailment happened in 2010 in Rossville, GA and just this last Thursday morning, May 29, 2010 in Apison, Tennessee, also in Hamilton County, a train and car collided at a rail crossing at Sanabel Lane near Apison Pike. ... Read More