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ELGIN, IL – Just before 2:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, January 16, 2011, 8 cars of a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed in the south side of Elgin, IL.

Most of Elgin, Illinois lies in Kane County with some portions residing in Cook County. The city of Elgin is about 40 miles northwest of Chicago. ... Read More

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

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

DOUGLASVILLE, GA – Eleven cars from a westbound Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in downtown Douglasville, GA early Tuesday morning, January 4, 2011.

Twisted mass of rail cars and shipping containers in a Norfolk Southern train derailment in Douglasville, GA on Jan 4, 2011.

Douglasville is in Douglas County, Georgia in the northwest-central part of the state about 22 miles west of Atlanta. ... Read More

WEATHERBY, OR – A westbound Union Pacific freight train derailed about 30 miles east of Baker City, OR near Weatherby causing a large section of Interstate 84 to be shut down.

Union Pacific train derailment on December 31, 2010 near Weatherby, OR shuts down Interstate 84 between La Grande and Ontario. Photo credit: Oregon State Police.

Weatherby is an unincorporated city in Baker County, Oregon located in the eastern part of the state on the border with Idaho. Weatherby sits alongside Highway 84 in between Baker City and Ontario.  ... Read More

WINFIELD, KS – Eleven rail cars of a southbound BNSF freight train derailed in Winfield, KS on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2010.

Railroad siding just off West 9th Avenue in Winfield, KS just north of the fairgrounds near the main line where a BNSF freight train derailed on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2010.

Winfield is located in Cowley County, Kansas in the southern part of the state, about 43 miles southeast of Wichita. ... Read More

HARRISBURG, PA – A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on the Rockville Bridge that spans the Susquehanna River and sent two empty containers over the side of the bridge and into the river.

Double-stacked containers teetering on the Rockville Bridge in Harrisburg, PA after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed due to high winds.

Harrisburg is in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the central part of the state about 107 miles northwest of Philadelphia. ... Read More

McGREW, NE – Union Pacific workers are clearing a massive train pile-up near McGrew, Nebraska where 59 rail cars loaded with coal derailed on Sunday morning December 26 at about 6:30 am.

The UP train, which had 135 cars and three locomotives, was traveling eastbound.
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DESOTO PARISH, LA – LSU Health Science Center officials report that Paul Griffin, a train engineer who worked for the Kanasas City Southern Railway Company (KCS), was shot in the face on Monday evening, December 20, while running his train down tracks in Desoto Parish.

The accident took place on the railroad tracks between Frierson and Wallace Lake Road in DeSoto Parish. Police say Griffin was shot in his lower jaw from about 400 yards away, where Larry Blair, the man who accidently shot the engineer, was reportedly sighting his gun when it went off. ... Read More