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Archive for the ‘Train Derailments’ Category

CISCO, TX. — The media reported that 24 railcars from a Union Pacific train derailed from a rail bridge just west of Cisco, near Interstate 20 about 11:26 p.m. on Sunday, June 18.

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DE SOTO, MO — A Union Pacific train derailment occurred on Tuesday, April 24, damaging about 200 feet of track. Union Pacific workers arrived on the scene to survey the damage.

Seven Union Pacific cars derail in De Soto, MO on April 24, 2012 damaging about 200 feet of track.

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GARY, |N — Two railroad workers were injured early Sunday morning, April 8, when a CSX train and South Shore Freight train collided near the U.S. 12 overpass in Gary, Indiana. Firefighters had to extricate both railroad workers, including one who had a broken leg.

A CSX train and a South Shore Freight train crashed into each other in Gary, IN at a switch where 3 tracks run side by side near the U.S. 12 overpass.

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PAXTON, TX – According to Sheriff Newton Johnson of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, a Union Pacific train derailed on Sunday morning, March 25 at approximately 8:51 a.m on Highway 84 in Paxton, Texas.

Rail tanker lays upside down in a ditch alongside the tracks that run next to Highway 84 after a Union Pacific train derailment in Paxton, TX on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Photo: Scott Flowers

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ABBEVILLE COUNTY, S.C. – A CSX train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed Thursday morning in Abbeville, South Carolina.

A CSX train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Abbeville, SC in the southwest part of town on Thursday, March 8, 2012.

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LANCASTER, OH – An Indiana & Ohio train derailed at 7:10 a.m. Thursday morning on March 1, in Lancaster, Ohio when the train engine hit a derailer, sending it and possibly one other car off a track, spilling between 900 and 1,500 gallons of fuel near the Hocking River.

Maureen Kocot at 10TV News points out the derailer and warning flag used to alert the train conductor before the derailment in Lancaster, OH on March 1, 2012.

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MCPHERSON, KS. – Two empty tanker cars fell off the tracks after a train derailed on Friday morning, Feb.17, on a spur of the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad between Woodside and Euclid streets in McPherson.

Rail car being lifted following Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad train derailment in McPerson, KS on February 17, 2012. Photo credit: Ken Ward/McPherson Sentinel

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ARLINGTON TX – A Union Pacific train derailment in downtown Arlington TX caused some concern to fire officials and local businesses who had to be evacuated when it was discovered that the train contained hazardous materials.

Several Union Pacific rail cars lay askew after jumping the tracks in downtown Arlington TX on Friday afternoon, February 17, 2012. Photo credit: Ashley Bradley / The Shorthorn

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MEMPHIS, TN – A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Memphis, TN on Sunday, February 5, 2012 tipping over a double stacked shipping container onto the street that runs alongside the tracks.

Crews and heavy equipment work to put rail cars back on the tracks after a Norfolk Southern train derailment in Memphis, TN on Sunday, February 5, 2012. Photo credit: MyFOXMemphis.com

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LEONI TOWNSHIP, MI – An Amtrak train collided with a tractor trailer and then derailed in Leoni Township, MI sending 10 people to the hospital on Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

Wreckage of an Amtrak train derailment in Leoni Township, MI where a westbound passenger train struck a tractor trailer that was stuck on the tracks. Photo credit: Rebecca Cook / Reuters

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