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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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SOUTH ST. LOUIS, MO — The media reported that 12 train cars derailed on Thursday night, Dec 20, in South St. Louis Missouri. Reports said that the cars were hauling taconite, which are iron ore pellets used in a variety of metals. The cargo was reportedly non hazardous and none of it was spilled.

Twelve rail cars derailed in St. Louis, MO on December 20, 2012. The cars were reported to have been carrying taconite, considered to be a low grade iron ore.

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CASS COUNTY, IN. — State Road 25 in Cass County Indiana was shut down after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and hit a semi truck this morning.

A Norfolk Southern train derailed on December 17, 2012 after a crash with a semi truck in Cass County, IN just outside Logansport. Photo credit: Cass County Sheriff’s Department

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SANGER, TX — DentonRC.com reports that the last two cars of a BNSF freight train derailed on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 13, near Krum Jackson Cemetery in Texas.

At least two cars of a southbound BNSF train derailed in Sanger, TX on December 13, 2012 where a single track splits off into two lines. Part of the train went on one line and the last two cars went on the other. Photo credit: David Minton/DRC

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ST. CHARLES, Va. — A tragic accident took place on Sunday, Dec. 9, in St. Charles, Virginia when a CSX rail car carrying coal derailed resulting in the death of a Kentucky man and causing serious injuries to his passenger, also from Kentucky.

One man was killed and another seriously injured after a CSX train derailment in St. Charles, VA on December 9, 2012. Photo credit Matthew Siddons / Shutterstock.com

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MIDLAND, Texas – - A preliminary report has been released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)  Weds., Dec. 6, that gives several details on the facts leading up to the fatal crash that that killed four veterans during a parade on Nov 15th.

KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

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