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Archive for the ‘Train Derailments’ Category

BISMARCK, ND – On Friday, March 18, 2011 a BNSF train derailed in east Bismarck, ND, causing 14 rail cars loaded with coal to leave the tracks.

Bismarck is in Burleigh County, North Dakota in the central part of the state about 6 miles southeast of Mandan. ... Read More

JACKSON, NE – A Northeast Nebraska Railroad train hauling ethanol derailed on Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Jackson, Nebraska.

Jackson is in Dakota County, Nebraska in the northeastern part of the state, about 106 miles northwest of Omaha and about 11 miles southwest of Sioux City, IA.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 about 5:45 a.m. in the morning.

Salt Lake City is in Salt Lake County, Utah in the northern part of the state, about 36 miles south of Ogden. ... Read More

ESSEX, MT – A BNSF train derailed about 4 miles west of Essex, MT in a mountainous area amidst cold weather and snow shortly before noon on Wednesday, March 9, 2011.

Essex is in Flathead County, Montana in the northwestern part of the state near Glacier National Park and about 170 miles northwest of Great Falls. ... Read More

THEDFORD, NE – Two BNSF trains crashed in Thedford, Nebraska on Thursday, March 10, 2011 causing 72 rail cars to derail.

Thedford is in Thomas County, NE in the north-central part of the state, about 157 miles northwest of Grand Island. ... Read More

FAYETTE COUNTY, WV – A CSX five car coal train derailed Thursday March 3 around 8:45 a.m. near Springdale WV closing a section of Route 20. Springdale is located in Fayette County about 7 miles from Wheeling.

Authorities with the Fayette County Emergency Operations Center told the media that the train did not flip over, and no injuries were reported.

Route 20 was re-opened late Thursday night, but authorities were still working on getting the train back on its tracks.

The cause of the incident remains under investigation.

Source:
The Register-Herald

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Published by FELA lawyer Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP

UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA. – A BNSF train derailed around 8:00 pm Saturday night, February 26, near Chambers Bay golf course in University Place, Washington. The accident sent four tankers filled with sodium hydroxide onto the beach, spilling about 50 gallons of lye.

A northbound freight train with two locomotives and 109 cars was on the tracks when it derailed. All but 11 cars, including six tanker cars, were empty. Train crews from from Tacoma, Olympia, Seattle, Pasco and Salem, Ore were on the scene of the accident within 30 minutes to contain the spill. ... Read More

ROCK CREEK, MT – On Tuesday afternoon at around 2 p.m. seventeen BNSF railroad cars derailed off of the western portion of Montana’s Hi-Line on Tuesday afternoon, just south of the Flathead Tunnel.

The train, which was headed from Moore, Montana to Kalama, Washington, was carrying over 100 cars of wheat when it derailed in Rock Creek, around 2 pm. Rock Creek is about 52 west of White Fish, MT. ... Read More

Arcadia, OH – A Norfolk Southern train hauling tanker cars loaded with ethanol derailed in Arcadia, OH on Sunday, February 6, 2011 and triggered a massive explosion and fireball.

Arcadia is a village located in Hancock County, Ohio in the northeastern part of the state about 47 miles south of Toledo. ... Read More

COS COB, CT – A Metro-North passenger train derailed in Cos Cob, CT on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. The northbound train was on its way to New Haven and was carrying about 500-600 passengers at the time.

Cos Cob is a neighborhood in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. Cos Cob is located in Fairfield County Connecticut in the southern part of the state about 2 miles northeast of the town of Greenwich and about 46 miles southwest of New Haven. ... Read More