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RUFFIN, NC – A Norfolk Southern train derailed on Tuesday October 1, in Ruffin, NC blocking the road with one rail car and sending another into a residential back yard.

A rail car blocking a road in Ruffin, NC after a train derailed on Oct. 1, 2013. Photo: myfox8.com

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FOREST PARK, IL – Over 30 passengers passengers were injured on Monday,  September 30, after an out of service CTA commuter train got loose and then crashed into another train in Forest Park, IL. Forest Park is a suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois.

A CTA commuter train mysteriously got loose and ran into another train injuring many passengers in Forest Park, IL on September 30, 2013.

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MCBEAN, GA – A Norfolk Southern train derailed on September 17, when a semi truck crashed into it in Burke County, GA. McBean is located in Richmond County, Georgia in the eastern part of the state. The accident site was in Burke County, GA near the Richmond County line about 17.6 miles southeast of Augusta.

Hazmat and emergency crews responding at the scene of a Norfolk Southern train derailment after a collision with a semi in McBean, GA Sept. 17, 2013. Photo: Michael Holahan / Augusta Chronicle

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CLEVELAND, NC – One person was injured on September 23 when a Norfolk Southern train collided with a dump truck in Cleveland, NC. Cleveland is located in Rowan County, in the west-central part of the state about 141 miles west of Raleigh.

A dump truck rests about .2 of a mile down the tracks after a collision with a Norfolk Southern train at a private rail crossing in Cleveland, NC on September 2013. Photo credit: AirStar

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COURTLAND, VA – Two railroad workers were injured on September 19, in a fiery CSX train derailment in Courtland, VA. after 9 rail cars and 2 locomotives from a 41 car CSX train jumped the tracks. Diesel fuel from a punctured tank created a large fuel spill which ignited and burst into flames. An engineer & a conductor in one of the locomotives became trapped in a tangle of rail cars and had to be rescued by emergency crews at the scene.

Two railroad workers were injured in a fiery CSX train derailment in Courtland, VA Sept. 19, 2013.

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GREENWICH TOWNSHIP, NJ – An empty tanker car derailed in Greenwich Township raising concerns of hazardous chemicals for local residents. Greenwich Township is in Gloucester County in the southern part of the state about 50 miles southwest of Trenton.

Photo shows an empty tanker car that derailed in Greenwich Township, NJ on September 16, 2013. Photo credit: Tim Hawk/South Jersey Times.

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MONROE TOWNSHIP, PA – A Norfolk Southern train derailed on September 12, 2013 after a crash with a tractor trailer in Monroe Township, PA. Monroe Township is located in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the southern central part of the state about 17 miles southwest of Harrisburg.

Debris from a shattered concrete beam covers the front of a Norfolk Southern locomotive that collided with a tractor-trailer in Monroe Township, PA on September 12, 2013. Photo credit: Jason Malmont/The Sentinel

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LONGVIEW, TX – Two rail tankers, containing hazardous material, jumped the tracks and overturned, causing a spill after a BNSF train derailed in Longview, TX. The city of Longview is located in Gregg County, (and partly in Harrison County) in the eastern part of the state.

Map shows location of BNSF tanker car derailment near Gum Springs Rd between E Cotton St and S Eastman Rd in Longview, Texas on September 8, 2013.

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MATHIS, TX – One Union Pacific Railroad employee was killed and another critically injured while doing maintenance on a rail bridge just north of Mathis, TX on September 4.

View from County Road 357 of a rail bridge where one Union Pacific Railroad worker was killed and another injured about 4.8 miles northwest of Mathis, TX on September 4, 2013.

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WASHINGTON, DC – A Metro Red Line train derailed in Washington, DC just after midnight on August 30, causing delays for passengers. The Metro Red Line is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority, the agency for Metrorail, located in DC.

A Metro Red Line train derailed in Washington, DC on August 30, 2013 while it was being moved to a rail yard. The train was not carrying any passengers at the time.

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