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Archive for August, 2010

FORT WORTH, TX — Several BNSF rail cars carrying coal derailed near downtown Fort Worth Sunday night August 29, around 8:20 pm, interrupting part of the Trinity Railway Express between Fort Worth and Dallas early Monday morning. The BNSF train shares the Union Pacific tracks with TRE, which is co-owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

A train pulling coal cars derailed east of downtown Fort Worth, TX, Monday Aug. 30, 2010.The incident disrupted a commuter rail line connecting Fort Worth and Dallas. Star-Telegram/David Kent

According to WFFA-TV, several of the train cars could be seen turned over, with a few actually off the tracks. The accident led to some buckling on the tracks as well. As a result, there will be no service between the two TRE stations downtown and the Richland Hills station for the Monday morning rush hour. The transit agency, which is operated jointly by The T and DART, will set up a “bus bridge”from the Richland Hills Station to ferry commuters around the derailment. ... Read More

DENVER, CO – A train derailed in a Denver, CO rail yard, striking a light tower and knocking it down. The mishap occurred in the Burlington Northern rail yard near 37th Ave. and Globeville on August 26, 2010 around 6:45 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Metal light tower can be seen draped over rail cars after derailment in Denver, CO rail yard

The city of Denver, Colorado is in Denver County in the central part of the state about 9 miles west of Aurora, 8 miles northeast of Lakewood and about 9 miles north of Englewood. ... Read More

ANAHEIM, CA – In an apparent suicide, a man stepped in front of a Metrolink train at La Palma Avenue in Anaheim, California. Sgt. Rick Martinez said that at about 6:00 am Wednesday morning, August 25, and unidentified man walked in front of an oncoming train at La Palma near Pauline Street and stood there as the train approached.

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COOKEVILLE, TN – On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 just before 9 a.m. a train derailed in Cookeville, TN due to flash flooding in the area. Four rail cars derailed in the incident. The train was operated by the Nashville and Eastern Railroad Corporation.

Train derails in Cookeville, TN due to heavy rains. No injuries or hazardous materials involved.

Cookeville is in Putnam County, Tennessee in the central part of the state about 103 miles northwest of Knoxville and 78 miles east of Nashville. ... Read More

HA NOI, VIETNAM — The heroic actions of Vietnamese railroad worker, Truong Xuan Thuc, saved the lives of 350 passengers when he risked his life to pull and hold the emergency brake in the face of an imminent collision with a truck that crossed the tracks.

Train accident in Ha Nam, Vietnam where heroic train driver saved the lives of 350 passengers.

The train crashed into the truck, pinning him in the wreckage, but only after he managed to slow down the train enough to save the lives of the passengers and fellow railroad workers and avoid a more serious incident. Three rail cars derailed in the mishap.
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JUNCTION CITY, OR – A man on foot who ran across the tracks was killed when he was struck by an Amtrak train in Junction City, Oregon on August 10, 2010.

Railroad crossing at 6th and West Front St. in Junction City, OR where fatal accident occurred.

Junction City is in Lane County, Oregon in the western part of the state, about 15 miles northwest of Eugene and about 102 miles southwest of Portland. ... Read More

WHITEWATER, KS – The driver of a semi truck was killed after colliding with a Union Pacific freight train on Kansas Highway 196 (K-196) near Whitewater, Kansas on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.

Semi truck driver killed after colliding with Union Pacific freight train near Whitewater, KS

Whitewater is in Butler County, Kansas in the south-central part of the state about 133 miles southwest of Topeka, about 30 miles northeast of Wichita, about 122 miles southwest of Manhattan and about 50 miles southeast of Hutchinson. ... Read More

CLINTON, UT – The driver of a pickup truck was killed when his vehicle collided with a FrontRunner passenger train in Clinton, Utah on Monday, August 9, 2010.

FrontRunner Commuter Rail Train

Clinton is in Davis County, Utah in the northern part of the sate, about 32 miles northwest of Salt Lake City, about 9 miles southwest of Ogden, about 69 miles northwest of Orem and about 74 miles northwest of Provo. ... Read More

SAN ANTONIO, NM – A BNSF train derailed about 9 miles south of San Antonio in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge on July 27, 2010. The derailment occurred at the southern end of the refuge about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

Twisted wreckage of BNSF train derailment near San Antonio, NM on July 27, 2010.

San Antonio is in Socorro County New Mexico in the central part of the state about 11 miles south of Socorro, about 87 miles southwest of Albuquerque, about 149 miles southwest of Santa Fe, about 154 miles northwest of Roswell, about 122 miles northwest of Alamogordo, about 137 miles south of Las Cruces and about 268 miles southeast of Farmington. ... Read More

PEMBROKE, WV – A Norfolk Southern train carrying coal derailed in Pembroke, VA on Tuesday, about 9:30 p.m. The derailment occurred at a railroad crossing near the intersection of River Road and Snidow Street.

Overturned coal car at the railway crossing near River Road and Snidow Street in Pembroke, VA. Photo credit: Justin Cook, The Roanoke Times

Pembroke is in Giles County, Virginia in the northwestern part of the state about 60 miles west of Roanoke, about 220 miles west of Richmond, about 114 miles west of Lynchburg and about 167 miles southwest of Charlottesville. ... Read More