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Archive for February, 2013

It’s been more than 100 days since the Nov. 15 Show of Support parade float and train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, and still the Midland Police Department has not publicly stated the official primary cause of the crash.

Photo shows Nov. 15, 2012 Show of Support parade float and Union Pacific train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, Photo credit: James Durbin

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CECIL COUNTY, MD. — A CSX train traveling from Selkirk, N.Y., to Hamlet N.C. carrying sulfuric acid, derailed in Cecil County, Maryland near the city of Elkton just before midnight on Wednesday, Feb.20. Aside from two rail cars full of acid, the train was also carrying cars with boxed merchandise and covered hoppers full of iron ore.

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DENT, MN. –  Canadian Pacific Railway cars carrying hazardous materials derailed on Friday, Feb 15, near Dent, Minnesota.

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SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — Five railroad cars attached to a train, owned by Saginaw-based Lake State Railway, derailed spilling grain which was being hauled from the Hemlock area toward Saginaw.

A train derailed in Saginaw Township, MI spilling a load of grain alongside the tracks on February 9, 2013. Photo credit: Jeff Schrier / Mlive.com.

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GORE, W.Va. — A railroad worker was struck in the head on Sunday, Feb. 10, by a crane at the site of a CSX train derailment that occurred on Saturday in Gore, West Virginia, where a CSX locomotive and about five freight cars carrying coal derailed because of a rock slide.

Photo shows site of CSX train derailment on Feb. 9, 2013 in Gore West Virginia.

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BELL TOWNSHIP, PA. — A Norfolk Southern freight train partially derailed after colliding with a tractor trailer on Tuesday Feb 5, in Bell Township Pennsylvania.

Photo Credit: KDKA News

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BLADENBORO, N.C.– A CSX train traveling from Hamlet to Wilmington on Saturday, Feb. 2, derailed causing one car containing anhydrous ammonia to tip over forcing more than 10 percent of Bladenboro’s population, or about 200 residents, to be evacuated from their homes. No injuries were reported at the time of the accident.

Photo shows CSX train derailment Feb. 2, 2013 in Bladenboro, North Carolina

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ROCKVIEW, MO — A Union Pacific train traveling from Chicago to Mexico with three locomotives and 112 cars derailed on Tuesday evening, January, 29, near Rockview Missouri in Scott County.

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