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Archive for August, 2013

RUSHVILLE, IN – A pickup truck collided with a CSX train, seriously injuring two motorists in Rushville, IN on August 16, 2013. Rushville is located in Rush County in the east-central part of the state about 45 miles southeast of Indianapolis.

A pickup truck was severely damaged and the occupants were seriously injured after colliding with a CSX train in Rushville, IN on August 16, 2013. Photo credit: Rush County Sheriff’s Department.

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HARPURSVILLE, NY — A Canadian Pacific railroad worker was electrocuted on August 26, 2013, while inspecting a rail bridge in Harpursville, NY. The city of Harpursville is located in Broome County in the central part of the state about 121 miles southwest of Albany.

A Canadian Pacific railroad worker was killed when the equipment he was working with came into contact with a high voltage electrical line in Harpursville, NY on August 26, 2013.

CAMBRIDGE, IA – A tractor was struck by a train while crossing the tracks in Cambridge, IA on August, 20, 2013. Cambridge is located in Story County, Iowa in the central part of the state about 25 miles northeast of Des Moines.

Tractor collided with a southbound train at the 280th St rail crossing Cambridge, IA  Aug. 20, 2013.

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HEADINGLEY, CN. — Two Canadian Pacific railroad workers were injured and taken to a local hospital after the CP tracks they were working on were struck by lightning. The city of Headingley is located about 13 miles west of Winnepeg.

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HOUSTON, TX. — Myrta Fariza, a Clear Lake woman who died from injuries in last month’s horrific train derailment in Spain, was laid to rest and remembered with a funeral mass on Weds., August 14, at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Nassau Bay.

Myrta Fariza, shown with her husband, Robert, has died from injuries resulting from a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain last month. Funeral was held on August 14, 2013.

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After the investigation of a 2010 claim against Union Pacific Railroad, Pamela Lakes, an administrative law judge at the U.S. Department of Labor, has ordered Union Pacific to reinstate a North Platte railroad worker to his apprentice machinist position “as soon as possible” and to pay him $325,000 in damages for illegally firing him.

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WELLINGTON, KS — The town of Wellington, Kansas, has rallied around Kevin Beggs, 45, a well-known resident of Wellington. Beggs, a BNSF railroad employee, was injured over a month ago on July 9, 2013, when he was pinned under the wheels of a rail car with critical injuries to his lower legs. It took 45 minutes to extricate him from under the rail car.

Photo shows injured BNSF railroad worker, Kevin Beggs (middle), three weeks after the train accident. Also in the photo (left to right) are: Molly Beggs, Andrew Schipley, Elliot Beggs, Kevin Beggs, Melinda Schipley-Beggs, Daniel Schipley, Jackson Beggs and Beth Gaston.

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LAWTELL, LA – A Union Pacific train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Lawtell, LA causing hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes. Lawtell is located in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana in the central part of the state about 69 miles west of Baton Rouge.

A Union Pacific train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Lawtelle, LA on August 4, 2013 causing the evacuation of hundreds of people. Photo credit: US News & World Report

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FAYETTEVILLE, NC – A CSX train derailed in Fayetteville, NC on July 31 causing 4 rail cars of a 10-car train to jump the tracks. None of the derailed cars overturned. Fayetteville is located in Cumberland County, North Carolina in the south-central part of the state about 65 miles southwest of Raleigh and about 89 miles northwest of Wilmington, NC.

As CSX train derailed in Fayetteville, NC on July 31, 2013 and some railroad ties were found to be rotten or missing. Photo credit fayobserver.com

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