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KEARNEY, NE – Two Union Pacific (UP) trains passing each other on different lines collided and derailed on September 8, 2010 at about 8:00 p.m. in Kearney, Nebraska. The two trains were going in opposite directions on adjacent tracks at the time.

Twisted wreckage of train derailment from two passing Union Pacific trains in Kearney, NE.

Kearney is in Kearney County, Nebraska in the south central part of the state about 13.5 miles southwest of Gibbon and 42 miles southwest of Grand Island. ... Read More

MOBILE, AL -  A railroad worker for The Alabama State Port Authority, was killed by a train Saturday, September 4, at the McDuffie Coal Terminal, located on the Mobile River at the Alabama State Docks. The McDuffie Coal Terminal is one of the nation’s leading facilities for coal exporting.

Aerial view of McDuffie Coal Terminal on Mobile River at Alabama State Docks

According to Port Authority CEO,  Jimmy Lyons, the victim was a ground person on a train crew at the time of the accident. The victim had been in contact with a terminal railroad engineer in a locomotive that was moving train cars. When the engineer lost contact with the victim, the train was stopped. ... Read More

JUNCTION CITY, OR – A man on foot who ran across the tracks was killed when he was struck by an Amtrak train in Junction City, Oregon on August 10, 2010.

Railroad crossing at 6th and West Front St. in Junction City, OR where fatal accident occurred.

Junction City is in Lane County, Oregon in the western part of the state, about 15 miles northwest of Eugene and about 102 miles southwest of Portland. ... Read More

WHITEWATER, KS – The driver of a semi truck was killed after colliding with a Union Pacific freight train on Kansas Highway 196 (K-196) near Whitewater, Kansas on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.

Semi truck driver killed after colliding with Union Pacific freight train near Whitewater, KS

Whitewater is in Butler County, Kansas in the south-central part of the state about 133 miles southwest of Topeka, about 30 miles northeast of Wichita, about 122 miles southwest of Manhattan and about 50 miles southeast of Hutchinson. ... Read More

CLINTON, UT – The driver of a pickup truck was killed when his vehicle collided with a FrontRunner passenger train in Clinton, Utah on Monday, August 9, 2010.

FrontRunner Commuter Rail Train

Clinton is in Davis County, Utah in the northern part of the sate, about 32 miles northwest of Salt Lake City, about 9 miles southwest of Ogden, about 69 miles northwest of Orem and about 74 miles northwest of Provo. ... Read More