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JEWETT, TX – A Union Pacific train derailed on October 16, in Jewett, TX, blocking U.S. Highway 79 and shutting down traffic. the city of Jewett is located in Leon County, Texas in the eastern central part of the state about 68 miles southeast of Waco.

UP train derais in Jewett, TX at the U.S. HWY 79 rail crossing near Farm to Market 347 Oct.16, 2013.

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MATHIS, TX – One Union Pacific Railroad employee was killed and another critically injured while doing maintenance on a rail bridge just north of Mathis, TX on September 4.

View from County Road 357 of a rail bridge where one Union Pacific Railroad worker was killed and another injured about 4.8 miles northwest of Mathis, TX on September 4, 2013.

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After the investigation of a 2010 claim against Union Pacific Railroad, Pamela Lakes, an administrative law judge at the U.S. Department of Labor, has ordered Union Pacific to reinstate a North Platte railroad worker to his apprentice machinist position “as soon as possible” and to pay him $325,000 in damages for illegally firing him.

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LAWTELL, LA – A Union Pacific train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Lawtell, LA causing hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes. Lawtell is located in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana in the central part of the state about 69 miles west of Baton Rouge.

A Union Pacific train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Lawtelle, LA on August 4, 2013 causing the evacuation of hundreds of people. Photo credit: US News & World Report

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ALEDO, TX – The media reported that a railroad worker was injured in a Union Pacific train derailment in Aledo, TX on July 18, 2013. Two locomotives and seven rail cars jumped the tracks while the train was entering the main line off a side track that runs parallel to the main line.

A railroad worker was injured when a Union Pacific train derailed in Aledo, TX on July 18, 2013.

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HOUSTON, TX – Residents in the area of Oldham St and Sherman St in East Houston, TX had to be evacuated following a Union Pacific Train Derailment on June 30, 2013.

Several cars from a Union Pacific train derailed in Houston, TX on June 30, 2013 causing local residents to be evacuated from their homes due to possible hazardous materials .

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Houston, TX — A Union Pacific train traveling west in Houston on Monday, June 10, collided with a big rig and knocked it over after the semi tried to cross the tracks.

A semi truck was knocked over onto its side after colliding with a Union Pacific train at the Sherwin St rail crossing in Houston, TX on June 10, 2013.

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ROCKVIEW, MO – A 75-car BNSF train carrying scrap metal was broadsided by a Union Pacific train hauling auto parts at a rail intersection in Rockview, MO on May 25, 2013. The accident injured two railroad workers and several motorists. Rockview is located in Scott County, MO in the southeastern part of the state about 126 miles southeast of St. Louis.

Rail cars and a concrete roadway lay in a heap after a collision between a Union Pacific train and a BNSF train caused a highway overpass to collapse in Rockview, MO on May 25, 2013.

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TROUP, TX — The Texas Department of Public Safety told the media that emergency crews responded to an accident involving a Union Pacific train and an SUV in Troup on Friday.

Photo shows wreckage of passenger car down the tracks from the point of impact after a collision with a Union Pacific train at a rail crossing in Troup, TX on May 10, 2013.

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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