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BNSF cleaning up derailment in N.D.

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 13.) MAPLETON, N.D. — About 20 cars of an eastbound BNSF freight train derailed near here early Monday, but no one was hurt and the cars remained upright, authorities said. “They’re...

Railroad car chemical leak causes area road closure

(The following article was posted on the Marietta Times website on March 13.) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A portion of Corridor D was closed and a bar and auto-body shop were evacuated Sunday evening as crews dealt with a small chemical leak along the Little Kanawha River...

Railroad car chemical leak causes area road closure

(The following article was posted on the Marietta Times website on March 13.) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A portion of Corridor D was closed and a bar and auto-body shop were evacuated Sunday evening as crews dealt with a small chemical leak along the Little Kanawha River...

Freight train derails in Calif.

(The following article by Jane Braxton Little was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 10.) GREENVILLE, Calif. — A freight train derailment sent six cars loaded with lumber and two empty hopper cars sprawling across the tracks in this Plumas County...

Freight train derails in Calif.

(The following article by Jane Braxton Little was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 10.) GREENVILLE, Calif. — A freight train derailment sent six cars loaded with lumber and two empty hopper cars sprawling across the tracks in this Plumas County...

Workers clean up BNSF derailment

(The following report by D.E. Smoot appeared on the Muskogee Daily Phoenix Staff website on March 2.) MUSKOGEE, Okla. — BNSF Railway employees worked into the darkness in an effort to clear three coal cars that derailed Wednesday just north of Eufaula Street on North...

Workers clean up BNSF derailment

(The following report by D.E. Smoot appeared on the Muskogee Daily Phoenix Staff website on March 2.) MUSKOGEE, Okla. — BNSF Railway employees worked into the darkness in an effort to clear three coal cars that derailed Wednesday just north of Eufaula Street on North...

Train derails near General Motors plant

(The Janesville Gazette posted the following article on its website on March 1.) JANESVILLE, Wisc. — A Union Pacific Railroad train car derailed shortly after 3 a.m. today, blocking traffic on Delavan Drive and Cherry Street for about four hours, said a patrol...

Train derails near General Motors plant

(The Janesville Gazette posted the following article on its website on March 1.) JANESVILLE, Wisc. — A Union Pacific Railroad train car derailed shortly after 3 a.m. today, blocking traffic on Delavan Drive and Cherry Street for about four hours, said a patrol...

Train derails in downtown El Paso

(The following article was posted on El Paso television station KFOX’s website on February 28.) EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters and hazardous material crews responded in force following a train derailment Tuesday morning in Downtown El Paso. Shortly after 9 a.m.,...