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FULTS, Il. – A Union Pacific train carrying carrying coal from out of state derailed on Sunday, July 24, at about 12:45 p.m near the southwestern Illinois town of Fults.

The accident damaged two stretches of track and a bridge, but officials said railroad workers should have the track repaired by late Monday. Fults Illinois is about 40 miles southeast of St. Louis, MO. ... Read More

EL PASO, TX – An accident involving a Union Pacific train and 18 wheeler truck occurred on Monday morning on June 20, at about 8:30 a.m. in El Paso’s Lower Valley.

El Paso police told KFOX14 they believe the driver of the semi-truck tried to beat an oncoming train at the Alameda and Inglewood railroad crossing. ... Read More

BOONE, IA – A railroad worker had an arm amputated following a train accident in Boone, IA on May 23, 2011.

Union Pacific Locomotive

Boone is located in Boone County, Iowa in the central part of the state about 50 miles northwest of Des Moines. ... Read More

NORMANDY, IL — A  Union pacific trail carrying grain to Texas derailed shortly after 8 a.m on Friday, May 6, about one mile south of Normandy in northwestern Bureau County spilling corn into an adjacent field.

Early reports from Bureau County Sheriff’s Department indicated seven cars had derailed, but Union Pacific Northern Region media director Mark Davis later confirmed 31 cars had derailed. ... Read More

CORSICANA, TX – A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Corsicana, TX on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Corsicana is in Navarro County Texas in the eastern part of the state about 189 miles northwest of Houston and about 57 miles southeast of Dallas.

Derailed freight cars shown tipped over onto their sides along with a large section of damaged track in a Union Pacific freight train derailment in Corsicana, TX shortly after noon on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Photo credit: Bob Belcher / Corsicana Daily Sun

Six cars jumped the tracks in the mishap, which occurred about 12:18 p.m. in a section of track near W 12th Ave. between S 12th St. and S 14th St. near the Oil City Iron Works.
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BAKERSFIELD, CA – Three tanker cars hauling oil and operated by the San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company jumped the tracks in Bakersfield, CA on on Thursday, March 24, 2011.

Three tanker cars from a San Joaquin Valley Railroad train derail in Bakersfield, CA on March 24, 2011.

Bakersfield is located in Kern County, California in the southern-central part of the state about 279 miles southeast of Sacramento. ... Read More

WILMETTE, IL – A 76-year old Evanston, IL man was killed when he was struck by a Union Pacific Metra train near the Wilmette station on March 18, 2011. Wilmette is located about 19 miles north of Chicago, Illinois in Cook County.

Metra Commuter Rail

The incident appeared to be a suicide. According to eyewitnesses, the man walked onto the tracks, crouched down and was hit by the oncoming train. ... Read More

WRIGHTSVILLE, AR – A Little Rock man was killed Sunday when a rail cars from a Union Pacific freight train derailed and toppled over onto his car while stopped at a rail crossing in Wrighstville, AR.

Two rail cars flip over and land on a passenger car, killing the driver in a Union Pacific train derailment in Wrightsville, AR on Sunday, March 20, 2011.

Wrightsville is in Pulaski County, Arkansas in the central part of the state, about 14 miles southeast of Little Rock. ... Read More

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.

Union Pacific train derails in downtown Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Photo credit: Randall Jeppsen, Deseret News

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

MERCED, CA  – Chunks of metal scraps and shard began raining on downtown Merced, at least that is how residents near 16th and R strrets described the train debris that fell on their town. It was described as a loud boom, followed by a rain of metal chunks and shards, looking like shrapnel, some weighing several pounds.

Gary Sorge, Merced City Schools warehouse employee, holds chunk of metal that fell from the debris shower that rained on downtown Merced, CA on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.

It remains unclear what caused the debris shower from the Union Pacific train, Merced police said, but it left eight nearby parked cars with minor body damage and broken windshields. ... Read More