{"id":4892,"date":"2012-09-21T01:50:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T08:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/?p=4892"},"modified":"2013-04-03T15:11:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T22:11:35","slug":"bnsf-train-derails-in-mitchell-south-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/4892\/bnsf-train-derails-in-mitchell-south-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF Train Derails in Mitchell South Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MITCHELL, S.D. &#8212; Two BNSF locomotives that were traveling east and hauling an empty 85-car freight train derailed at about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, Sept 19, just west of the Burr Street railroad bridge in Mitchell, South Dakota.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4897\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4897\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4897 \" title=\"mitchell-sd-bnsf-train-derailment-repair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mitchell-sd-bnsf-train-derailment-repair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mitchell-sd-bnsf-train-derailment-repair.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mitchell-sd-bnsf-train-derailment-repair-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BNSF repair crew in Mitchell, SD straightens out a bent rail after a train derailment on September 20, 2012 near the Burr St railroad bridge. Photo credit: Daily Republic<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->According to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway spokeswoman Amy McBeth, both locomotives stayed upright after running off the tracks and there were no reports of injuries or any cargo spilling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_4895\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 490px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4895 \" title=\"mitchell-sd-bnsf-train-derailment-map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mitchell-sd-bnsf-train-derailment-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mitchell-sd-bnsf-train-derailment-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mitchell-sd-bnsf-train-derailment-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>[\/caption]<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>A section of the track was damaged and bent as a result of the accident and BNSF workers arrived on the scene to repair the damage.<br \/>\nThe railway was expected to be reopened by the end of the day Wednesday, McBeth said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation by BNSF at this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Posted by Gordon &#038;amp Elias, a FELA lawyer and <a title=\"South Dakota railroad injury lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/CM\/FELA\/South-Dakota-FELA-Overview.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"> South Dakota railroad injury lawyer<\/a> who publishes train accidents and FELA legal news from across the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MITCHELL, S.D. &#8212; Two BNSF locomotives that were traveling east and hauling an empty 85-car freight train derailed at about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, Sept 19, just west of the Burr Street railroad bridge in Mitchell, South Dakota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,84,265,50],"tags":[266,267],"class_list":["post-4892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bnsf-railroad","category-railroad-workers","category-south-dakota-railroad-news","category-train-derailments","tag-south-dakota-fela-lawyer","tag-south-dakota-railroad-injury-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4892"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5586,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892\/revisions\/5586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}