FELA Lawyer News Blog

Archive for November, 2010

PUEBLO, CO – A BNSF train hauling coal derailed in Pueblo, CO in a spectacular crash on Saturday morning, November 27, 2010.

Thirty-one cars involved in BNSF train derailment in Pueblo, CO on November 27, 2010.

Pueblo is in Pueblo County, Colorado in the southern part of the state, about 112 miles southeast of Denver. ... Read More

GEORGETOWN, SC – A motor home collided with a CSX train Monday morning, November 22, 7 miles north of Georgetown County, South Carolina killing the passenger of the RV.

The collision happened at approximately 9:00 am between Andrews and Georgetown on Highway 521 just before 17-A near 9 Mile Curve. ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, CA. – On Novenber 3, the FELA lawyer news blog wrote a story titled BNSF Proposal to Transfer Bakersfield Workers to Barstow Meets Resistance. The story was about the BNSF rail company’s proposal to transfer about 100 Bakersfield employees to the Barstow area.

Now the BNSF railroad workers and their families say  there is another reason to avoid the transfer – contaminated water. Barstow’s water supply county was found to have traces of a toxic chemical that’s used to make rocket fuel and explosives and San Bernadino residents were warned late last week not to drink the tap water. ... Read More

ROODHOUSE, IL – Eight rail cars of a Kansas City Southern Railway train occurred about 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, November 16, when the eastbound train being pulled by four engines slowed to make the curve onto southbound tracks at the Roodhouse Rail Yard. Eight empty grain cars behind the engines derailed to the west of the tracks that run parallel to U.S. Route 67 through Roodhouse.

Roodhouse Police Chief Steve Speeks said Thursday that the superintendent of the city’s Street Department continues to keep West Rowe Street blocked from traffic because of road damage caused by Tuesday morning’s derailment of a 144-car Kansas City Southern Railway Co. train. ... Read More

SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OH – A Norfolk Southern train crash derailed twenty-six cars  Tuesday morning, November 16, at approximately 7:05 a.m. near the railroad yard between Harris and Abbe roads. The Sheffield Village Fire Department is monitoring cleanup efforts at the scene. Norfolk Southern officials indicated crews would be working for 12 to 18 hours to clean up the scene of the crash.

An inspector surveys the remains of 26 Norfolk Southern rail cars that derailed Tuesday morning, November 16, blocking tracks in Sheffield. PHOTO CREDIT: Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer.

The derailment was confirmed by SVFD Chief Jeffrey Young in a news released faxed to Fox 8 News. Sheffield firefighters responded to the scene shortly after 7 a.m. The area where the wreck occurred is used for storage of new vehicles by the sprawling Ford Motor Co. plant located just east of the derailment site off Abbe Road. ... Read More

LITTLE ROCK, AR – A Union Pacific train derailed near Little Rock Central High School on Sunday morning, November 14. Nine cars derailed near West 17th Street about 10:20 a.m., Capt. Edwin Woolf of the Little Rock Fire Department said. Emergency crews were dispatched immediately.

Union Pacific workers inspect the scene of a Union Pacific train derailment near West 17th Street in Little Rock on Sunday morning, November 14. Photo by Staton Breidenthal

Woolf said two fire trucks responded and found that “all the cars were upright and there were no leaks” or injuries. ... Read More

WILLIMANTIC, CT – On Tuesday, November 9, 2010 a New England Central Railroad (NECR) train carrying 30,000 gallons of ethanol derailed in Willimantic, CT. NECR is based in Brattleboro, Vermont.

New England Central Railroad train hauling ethanol derails in Willimantic, CT on November 9, 2010.

Willimantic is in Windham County Connecticut in the northeastern part of the state about 29 miles southeast of Hartford. ... Read More

KANSAS CITY, MO – Two BNSF trains derailed on October 7, 2010 after colliding with each other in Platte County, Missouri just south of the Buchanan County line.

Two BNSF trains collide near Kansas City, MO on Sunday October 7, 2010 causing several cars and two locomotives to derail. Photo credit: Scott Canon

Kansas City is in Platte County Missouri in the northwestern part of the state about 247 miles northwest of St Louis. ... Read More

CARTERSVILLE, GA – On November 5, 2010 a CSX train hauling grain derailed in Cartersville, GA very close to a residential neighborhood. About 20 rail cars jumped the tracks in the mishap spilling grain and damaging tracks and equipment.

CSX train hauling grain derails in Cartersville, GA on November 5, 2010 spilling grain near homes.

Cartersville is in Bartow County, Georgia in the northwestern part of the state about 42 miles northwest of Atlanta. ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, CA – BNSF Railway Co’s. proposal to transfer about 100 Bakersfield employees to the Barstow area could be devastating for many workers and their families. That is why Union leaders and members are opposing the transfer with fierce resistance.

“This bomb was dropped on us about three weeks ago with no advance warning. We were completely blindsided,” said Daryl Smith, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, division No. 739. ... Read More