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LINCOLN, CA. — A burning 29,000-gallon Union Pacific railroad tanker that was leaking propane at a Northern Propane Energy yard in Lincoln, California, caught fire on Tuesday afternoon Aug. 23. The incident forced thousands of homes in the area to be evacuated while firefighters fought the flames in order to prevent a possible explosion.

Burning Union Pacific propane tanker ablaze in Lincoln, CA that began on August 23, 2011 and lasted for 40 hours. The fire caused thousands of residents to evacuate their homes and threatened to blow up.

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered BNSF Railway Co. to pay more than $300,000 to an employee.

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KANSAS CITY, KS. – At approximately 1:30 p.m. Monday, August 15, Kansas City Police received a call that the body of a BNSF railroad worker was found on the railroad tracks near 42nd Street and Kansas Avenue.

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ANTELOPE VALLEY, CA – Over a hundred Littlerock, California residents were evacuated on Wednesday, July 27, when a Union Pacific train carrying toxic chemicals derailed. Littlerock California is located in the Antelope Valley near Palmdale, California about 65 miles from Los Angeles.

Massive train derailment of Union Pacific freight train in Littlerock, CA where tanker cars reportedly were carrying hazardous materials.

The 70-car freight train was en route from Roseville, near Sacramento and heading towards Colton in San Bernardino County when the accident occurred at around 1:25 p.m. near 92nd Street East and East Avenue T. ... Read More

GREAT FALLS, MT. -  Two BNSF employees were injured on Tuesday, July 19, on Gerber Road just southeast of Great Falls, Montana when a freight train rear-ended another train causing 13 of 110 BNSF Railway cars with three locomotives to derail.

Clean up efforts underway one day after Tuesday's BNSF train derailment southeast of Great Falls, MT alongside Gerber Road on July 19, 2011. Photo credit: Seth Dahl/Great Falls Tribune

The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating the cause of the crash at this time.
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DUNLAP, IA. – A Union Pacific train derailed on Tuesday, July 19, near the Harrison and Monona county lines. UP spokesman Mark Davis said 13 cars from a 138-car coal train bound from Wyoming to Sergeant Bluff jumped the tracks about 4:10 p.m. Tuesday.

Map showing location of Union Pacific train derailment near Dunlap, IA about 200 yards south of 110th Street near the Harrison and Monona County line.

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FRIDLEY, MN – A Northstar commuter freight train derailed when BNSF tracks failed near Fridley Station at around 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 16 injuring two railroad workers and spilling corn and diesel fuel into Rice Creek at Locke Lake.

Photo Credit: Emily Bina

According to the Fridley Patch, Northstar commuter rail service between Big Lake and Minneapolis was cancelled today and is expected to remain out-of-service until Tuesday morning, July 19. Track is impassable due to a freight train derailment near Fridley Station which occurred around 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 16. ... Read More

BRAINERD, MN – Twenty BNSF rail cars carrying coal derailed on Sunday, July 10, five miles east of Highway 25 overpass near Brainerd, MN. The accident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. in a remote area by Loerch Road, at Mile Post 111 in Oak Law Township.

The train, with 121 loaded coal cars and three locomotives, originated in Montana and was traveling east to Superior, Wis. ... Read More

A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, July 1, by two former Norfolk Southern railroad workers, claims that Norfolk Southern officials tried to coerce them into lying about an incident and then fired them.

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NEW CASTLE, DE -  An accident occurred on Monday afternoon, June 27, when a Norfolk Southern Railroad, originally mistaken for an Amtrak train, plowed into a tractor trailer in New Castle, Del. Monday afternoon, authorities say.

NBC Philadelphia were told by Delaware Fire dispatchers that the train was an Amtrak, but Amtrak confirmed that it was not one of their trains. Police corrected the report stating that it was Norfolk Southern. ... Read More