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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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CHARLES CITY, IA – Three railroad workers had to be rescued on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 after five rail cars of a Canadian Pacific train derailed just east of Charles City, IA. The city of Charles City is located in Floyd County, Iowa in the northern part of the state about 104 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids.

An eastbound Canadian Pacific train derailed in Charles City, IA when a section of track was washed out by recent flooding on May 21, 2013. Photo: (Arian Schuessler/The Globe Gazette.

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LE MARS, Iowa. — A Union Pacific train traveling from Texas to Valley Park, Minnesota derailed near Le Mars, Iowa, on Monday, October 9, 2012, sending 24 cars off the tracks.

A Union Pacific train derailed near Le Mars, IA on October 8, 2012. The derailment involved a locomotive and 23 empty rail cars.

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MASON CITY, IA — A Union Pacific railroad worker from central Iowa was killed while on the job Tuesday morning, July 31, in the Mason City railyard, located in the 1600 block of North Quincy Avenue.

Fatal Union Pacific railroad worker accident in a rail yard in Mason City, IA on July 31, 2012.

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IOWA CITY, IA – A railroad worker was injured following a report of a possible chemical chemical leak from a rail car in Iowa City, IA on September 22, 2011.

A Johnson County Hazardous Materials Response Team vehicle outside the Iowa Interstate rail yard in Iowa City, IA after one railroad worker was injured following a strong odor that was detected near two rail cars. Photo credit: Benjamin Roberts / Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City is located in Johnson County, Iowa in the eastern part of the state about 28 miles southeast of Cedar Rapids, and about 90 miles southeast of Cedar Falls. ... Read More

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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BOONE, IA – A railroad worker had an arm amputated following a train accident in Boone, IA on May 23, 2011.

Union Pacific Locomotive

Boone is located in Boone County, Iowa in the central part of the state about 50 miles northwest of Des Moines. ... Read More

MCPHERSON, IA – Two BNSF railroad workers were killed in a train crash in McPherson, IA when one train rear-ended another on Sunday, April 17, 2011.

Twisted pile of wreckage and debris after a fatal train crash where two BNSF railroad workers were killed on April 17, 2011 in McPherson, IA. Photo credit: Kyle Wilson / Creston News Advertiser

McPherson is located in Montgomery County, Iowa in the southwestern part of the state about 124 miles southwest of Des Moines. ... Read More

WEVER, IA – The derailment happened a little after 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening on April 7. According to eyewitnesses, several cars went off the tracks north of Wever, Iowa near the Skunk River.

The cause of the accident was said to be due to a mudslide in that area that happened Wednesday evening.

According to BNSF officials, three empty coal cars derailed between Kemper and Burlington. The train was completely empty at the time the cars overturned and there were no injuries reported. BNSF crews arrived at the scene. ... Read More

ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, IL – Andrew Schulte, a former Iowa Interstate Railroad train employee, was awarded $33 million in damages by a Rock Island County jury last Thursday for a tragic accident that occurred in a Rock Island rail yard in April 2007.

According to the lawsuit, Schulte was trying to pull a pin on a rail car while walking alongside a train on a switching lead. The lawsuit states that the pin lifter stuck, causing Schulte to trip and fall, at which point he was struck and run over by a rail car.

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