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Archive for April, 2011

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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HOUSTON, TX – A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train derailed near downtown Houston on Tuesday, April 26, 2011.

BNSF train derails near downtown Houston, TX on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Photo credit: KTRK TV Houston, TX

Houston is located in Harris County, Texas in the southern part of the state, about 51 miles northwest of Galveston and about 163 miles southeast of Austin. ... Read More

EASTON, ME – A train operated by the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) derailed in Easton, ME on Sunday, April 24, 2011.

Easton, Maine train derailment on Sunday, April 24, 2011.

Easton is located in Aroostook County Maine in the northeastern corner of the state near the U.S/Canadian border about 283 miles northeast of Portland. ... Read More

JEFFERSON, LA – A woman was killed in Jefferson, LA when her car struck an oncoming Amtrak train while going through a rail crossing on April 21, 2011.

Scene of deadly crash in Jefferson, LA where driver of 2002 Camry was killed after crossing railroad tracks and crashing into oncoming Amtrak passenger train on April 21, 2011.

The community of Jefferson is in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in the southern part of the state about 7 miles west of New Orleans. ... Read More

GREAT FALLS, MT – Walter Breuning, a 114-year-old retired railroad worker considered to be the world’s oldest living man died of natural causes on Thursday in the farming community of Great Falls, Montana.

Walter Breuning Worlds Oldest Man Dies

Reuters reports that Breuning, who lived in a nursing home since 1980, was declared the oldest man on July 18, 2009, by the Guinness Book of World Records. ... Read More

MCPHERSON, IA – Two BNSF railroad workers were killed in a train crash in McPherson, IA when one train rear-ended another on Sunday, April 17, 2011.

Twisted pile of wreckage and debris after a fatal train crash where two BNSF railroad workers were killed on April 17, 2011 in McPherson, IA. Photo credit: Kyle Wilson / Creston News Advertiser

McPherson is located in Montgomery County, Iowa in the southwestern part of the state about 124 miles southwest of Des Moines. ... Read More

KIOWA, KS – A man was injured when his stalled SUV was hit by a train in Kiowa, KS on Monday, April 11, 2011.

Kiowa is located in Barber County, Kansas in the southern part of the state on Oklahoma’s northern border, about 90 mile southwest of Wichita. ... Read More

LOUISA, KY – A UPS truck trailer was demolished in a collision with a CSX train in Louisa, KY on April 11, 2011 spilling its contents all over the road.

UPS tractor with its remaining front half of the container trailer lie askew on the roadway after crashing into an oncoming CSX train in Louisa, KY on April 11, 2011.

Louisa is located in Lawrence County, Kentucky in the northeastern part of the state bordering on West Virginia. Louisa is about 146 miles east of Lexington, KY.

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ELSMERE, DE – A CSX boxcar caught fire in a rail yard in Elsmere, DE on April 10, 2011.

Firefighters battling flames in CSX boxcar fire in Elsmere, DE. Photo credit: John J. Jankowski, Jr.

Elsmere is located in New Castle County, Delaware in the northern part of the state, about 4 miles southwest of Wilmington. ... Read More

ENID, OK – On Tuesday, April 5, 2011 a BNSF freight train derailed in Enid, OK, toppling rail cars and spilling their contents.

Location of BNSF train derailment in the Enid, Oklahoma rail yard on April 5, 2011.

Enid is located in Garfield County, Oklahoma in the northern part of the state about 86 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. ... Read More