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Archive for 2011

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

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

NEWTON FALLS, OH – A CSX train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Newton Falls, OH on Monday, March 28, 2011. The train was carrying ammonia and chlorine.

Rail cars fell off a bridge after being knocked off the tracks in a CSX train derailment in Newton Falls, OH on Monday, March 28, 2011. Photo credit: Vindy.com

Newton Falls is a city in Newton Township located in Trumbull County, Ohio in the northeastern part of the state about 24 miles northwest of Youngstown. ... 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

LONGVIEW, WA – Three people were killed and a fourth was critically injured when a shuttle van drove through a private railroad crossing in Longview, WA and into an oncoming BNSF freight train on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

Shuttle van where 3 people were killed and another critically injured lies in a ditch after collision with BNSF freight train on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Longview, WA.

Two railroad workers were killed and a third was critically injured in the accident. The shuttle van driver was also killed in the accident. ... Read More