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Archive for the ‘Train Derailments’ Category

McRAE, Ark. — According to Union Pacific spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza, a train derailment that occurred in White County, Ark. on March 23, was caused by a broken rail.

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CANTON, OH — A train derailment on Thursday, April 25, caused three rail cars to spill a load of plastic pellets at the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Gambrinus Yard in canton, Ohio.

Three rail cars belonging to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad derailed and then tipped over in a rail yard in Canton, OH on April 25, 2013. Photo credit: Cantonrep.com

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TEHACHAPI Calif. — A northbound Union Pacific train derailed on Sunday, April 7, near Tehachapi, California. Union Pacific crews worked through Sunday to clear the railroad tracks about a quarter mile east of the cable crossovers near Tehachapi.

Several rail cars lay tipped over on their sides after a major Union Pacific train derailment just west of Tehachapi, CA on April 7, 2013. Photo credit: Phil Cornyn / Tehachapi News

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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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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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CECIL COUNTY, MD. — A CSX train traveling from Selkirk, N.Y., to Hamlet N.C. carrying sulfuric acid, derailed in Cecil County, Maryland near the city of Elkton just before midnight on Wednesday, Feb.20. Aside from two rail cars full of acid, the train was also carrying cars with boxed merchandise and covered hoppers full of iron ore.

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DENT, MN. –  Canadian Pacific Railway cars carrying hazardous materials derailed on Friday, Feb 15, near Dent, Minnesota.

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