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20 rail cars loaded with soybeans jump tracks

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 18.) McKENZIE, N.D. — Twenty cars from a 110-car freight train hauling soybeans from Breckenridge, Minn., to Seattle derailed near this central North Dakota town, a BNSF Railway spokesman said. Three...

CSX freight train derails in Maryland

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 18.) BRUNSWICK, Md. — One car of a CSX freight train has derailed in the Brunswick area. CSX spokesman Robert Sullivan says no one was hurt in the incident. He says he doesn’t know what caused...

CSX freight train derails in Maryland

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 18.) BRUNSWICK, Md. — One car of a CSX freight train has derailed in the Brunswick area. CSX spokesman Robert Sullivan says no one was hurt in the incident. He says he doesn’t know what caused...

Leaking rail cars kill fish in creeks

(The following article by Don Hopey was posted on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on July 16.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — State fisheries experts and biologists in hip boots have finished assessing the massive damage done to fish and aquatic life by a Norfolk...

Leaking rail cars kill fish in creeks

(The following article by Don Hopey was posted on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on July 16.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — State fisheries experts and biologists in hip boots have finished assessing the massive damage done to fish and aquatic life by a Norfolk...

Train derails east of Bismarck

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 17.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Crews are cleaning up after a freight train hauling soybeans derailed near the central North Dakota town of McKenzie. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe train was traveling from...

Train derails east of Bismarck

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 17.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Crews are cleaning up after a freight train hauling soybeans derailed near the central North Dakota town of McKenzie. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe train was traveling from...

BNSF derailment in California prompts evacuation

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 14.) NUBIEBER, Calif. — Nobody was hurt when five locomotives and seven cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed in remote Northern California. The derailment happened in an area known...

BNSF derailment in California prompts evacuation

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 14.) NUBIEBER, Calif. — Nobody was hurt when five locomotives and seven cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed in remote Northern California. The derailment happened in an area known...

Train derails south of downtown Wichita

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 11.) WICHITA, Kan. — Derailed cars from a freight train crashed into the side of a foundry and another building Tuesday morning about two miles south of downtown. No one was injured. The Union...