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Archive for February, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A railroad worker who fell from a Jacksonville train trestle below the Acosta Bridge Tuesday, Feb.14, was identified as Peter Jerome Michnick a 42-year-old boom truck operator from Michigan, authorities said.

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MCPHERSON, KS. – Two empty tanker cars fell off the tracks after a train derailed on Friday morning, Feb.17, on a spur of the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad between Woodside and Euclid streets in McPherson.

Rail car being lifted following Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad train derailment in McPerson, KS on February 17, 2012. Photo credit: Ken Ward/McPherson Sentinel

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ARLINGTON TX – A Union Pacific train derailment in downtown Arlington TX caused some concern to fire officials and local businesses who had to be evacuated when it was discovered that the train contained hazardous materials.

Several Union Pacific rail cars lay askew after jumping the tracks in downtown Arlington TX on Friday afternoon, February 17, 2012. Photo credit: Ashley Bradley / The Shorthorn

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SPRINGFIELD, MO – On February 10, 2012 in a Springfield, MO rail yard, a railroad worker found the severed arm of a man who was killed in January in a train accident in Montana after stepping in front of a moving train.

On February 10, 2012 in a Springfield, MO rail yard a BNSF railroad worker found the severed arm of a man who was killed in a train accident in Libby, Montana the previous January after stepping in front of a moving train while committing suicide.

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CHICAGO, IL – Two people were injured following a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train derailment at a subway station in Chicago, IL on February 9, 2012.

Passengers departing from CTA car on elevated tracks following a train derailment in Chicago, IL on February 9, 2012.

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MEMPHIS, TN – A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Memphis, TN on Sunday, February 5, 2012 tipping over a double stacked shipping container onto the street that runs alongside the tracks.

Crews and heavy equipment work to put rail cars back on the tracks after a Norfolk Southern train derailment in Memphis, TN on Sunday, February 5, 2012. Photo credit: MyFOXMemphis.com

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LEONI TOWNSHIP, MI – An Amtrak train collided with a tractor trailer and then derailed in Leoni Township, MI sending 10 people to the hospital on Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

Wreckage of an Amtrak train derailment in Leoni Township, MI where a westbound passenger train struck a tractor trailer that was stuck on the tracks. Photo credit: Rebecca Cook / Reuters

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