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NEW LONDON, CT – An Amtrak passenger train derailed in New London, CT on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 as it was arriving at Union Station. Apparently there was only one passenger car involved in the incident. According to reports, there was no one on the train at the time.

Derailed Amtrak passenger car sits at Union Station in New London, CT following a derailment on Tuesday morning, January 18, 2011.

New London is in New London County, Connecticut in the southeastern part of the state about 47 miles southeast of Hartford, the state’s capitol. ... Read More

HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 152 JUDICIAL COURT – FELA attorneys, Gordon, Elias & Seeley, represent a 30 year old Louisiana railroad worker who was performing his duties as a switchman for Defendant Union Pacific when he was caused to suffer physical injuries directly caused by the negligence of Defendant. The incident occurred on around or about 10/17/08.

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LOUISVILLE, KY – A CSX train derailed on Friday night, January 14, at about 10:30 p.m. at LaGrange Road and Chamberlain Lane, near the Ford Truck Plant in east Louisville KY.

CSX spokesman Bob Sullivan told reporters that the freight train carrying 85 cars and two locomotives was traveling on a side track and pulling into its last stop when seven cars derailed. ... Read More

FT. WORTH, TX – BNSF has issued a news release in response to an investigative report about BNSF’s conduct in grade crossing and railroad employee safety issues reported by The Minneapolis Star Tribune, calling the report bias.

In their investigative report, The Minneapolis Star Tribune identified 13 cases in which judges allegedly disciplined the railroad for destroying evidence and other legal wrongdoing. At issue was an investigation into a 2003 rail crossing collision that killed four people. ... Read More

VERNON TOWNSHIP, MI – A Canadian National Railway spokesman told reporters that 12 railcars came off the tracks, including four cars that toppled over last Thursday night, January 6, in Vernon Township, MI. Vernon Township is located in Shiawassee County southwest of Durand.

Clean up of hydrochloric acid that leaked from a tank car continued over the weekend and some of the families who were evacuated are now back in their homes. ... Read More

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – An Iowa Interstate Railroad employee from Omaha was injured early Thursday morning, January 6, after becoming stuck between a guardrail and a train car at the MidAmerican power plant south of Council Bluffs.

The railroad worker who was injured was identified as 28-year old Michael McGillen, Junior.  McGillen was taken by medical helicopter to the Creighton University Medical Center in critical condition after rescue officials arrived at about 3 a.m., according to Dwayne Riche of the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office. ... Read More

FELA lawyer news blog shows security camera footage capturing the moment when a passenger falls from the platform onto the train tracks at a Spanish Metro Station. Alarmed passengers on the opposite platform try in vain to warn the conductor of the incoming train only seconds from hitting the fallen man.

As it becomes clear that the train isn’t going to stop in time, a 30 year old off duty policeman becomes a hero when he takes his life in his hands and comes to the rescue jumping down on the tracks pulling the 41 year old passenger to safety just a split second before the train hits both men.

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The freight rail industry employs over 183,000 workers in more than 560 railroad companies and operates on over 139,000 miles of track in all of the 48 continental United States plus Alaska.

The freight rail industry has a long and important history in the United States that dates back to 1827. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common-carrier railroad in the United States. Since then, freight railroads have played an important role in the infrastructure, the economy and the expansion and development of the country. ... Read More

SUGAR CREEK, MO – It was around 1:00 am Saturday morning, July 3, when a witness reported a train derailment in Sugar Creek, Missouri. Seventeen cars derailed and six cars overturned. One car that carried a chemical called Toluene was ignited which caused the rail car to explode.

BNSF train stopped on the tracks along the highway after 17 cars derailed in Sugar Creek, MO

Fiery inferno following an explosion after 17 car BNSF train derailment in Sugar Creek, MO

“The tank was filled with animal fat,” said Police Chief, Herb Soule. ... Read More

HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS – Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, FELA lawyers, represent a 36 year old machine operator from Guing, Nebraska, who was working near or around Bovina, Texas when he sustained multiple injuries due to the negligence of BNSF Railway Company. The incident occurred on October 7, 2007,

BNSF Railway Company is being sued by Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, under The Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) which establishes a railroad’s legal responsibilities to its employees for work-related injuries and diseases due to railroad fault.

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