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Archive for January, 2013

PLUMAS COUNTY, CA. — A BNSF train traveling from Vancouver, Wash. to Barstow, California, struck a boulder early Friday morning, Jan. 25, about 24 miles west of Quincy.

Photo shows fuel on the surface of Feather River about two miles below where approx. 3,200 gallons spilled after a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train engine hit a rock and punctured a fuel tank.

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INDIANAPOLIS — WishTV.com reported that a CSX train has derailed early Wednesday morning, Jan. 23, on the west side of Indianapolis.

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SUGAR LAND, Texas – A Kansas City Southern train struck an 18-wheeler carrying an antique Rolls Royce and a Nissan 300ZX sports car on Monday, Jan. 7, after the big rig became stuck on the railroad tracks.

Photo shows Kansas City Southern Railroad collision with semi truck that became stuck on the train tracks in Sugar Land, Texas on January 7, 2013.

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BNSF Railway Co and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration achieved a milestone on Jan, 15, 2013, by signing an accord that protects railroad workers who report on-the-job injuries from retaliation.

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IMPERIAL, MO. — A BNSF train bound for Memphis derailed on Friday, Jan. 11, in Imperial, Missouri prompting authorities to evacuate nineteen homes on Churchill Court as a precaution due to residual chemicals inside two rail cars. Residents were allowed to return to their homes that evening.

Nine rail cars of a 92 car BNSF train derailed in Imperial, MO along a section of track running between cemetery plots on one side and residential homes on the other.

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LITTLE FALLS, N.Y. — A CSX train traveling from Crestline, Ohio to Albany derailed on Thursday morning, January 10, in Little Falls, New York.

Map showing location of CSX train derailment at State Route 5 and Ashe Road in Little Falls, NY on January 10, 2013.

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NORTH PLATTE, NE.  — Three Union Pacific railroad workers were injured, two seriously burned while working on a rail car at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte.

Three Union Pacific railroad workers received burn injuries while working on a coupling with a torch in the Bailey Rail yard in North Platte, NE on December 29, 2012.

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FORT WAYNE, IN — A Norfolk Southern railroad worker was injured on Monday morning, Dec. 24, after falling onto the railroad tracks and had a hand and foot amputated, according to emergency radio traffic.

View of the railroad tracks in Fort Wayne, IN where a Norfolk Southern railroad worker lost a foot and a hand in a serious work related injury after falling on the tracks while a train was being moved on December 24, 2012.

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