{"id":6236,"date":"2013-07-19T09:25:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T16:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/?p=6236"},"modified":"2013-07-19T09:25:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T16:25:34","slug":"railroad-worker-injured-when-union-pacific-train-derails-in-aledo-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/6236\/railroad-worker-injured-when-union-pacific-train-derails-in-aledo-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Railroad Worker Injured When Union Pacific Train Derails in Aledo, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALEDO, TX &#8211; The media reported that a railroad worker was injured in a Union Pacific train derailment in Aledo, TX on July 18, 2013. Two locomotives and seven rail cars jumped the tracks while the train was entering the main line off a side track that runs parallel to the main line.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6238\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6238\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6238  \" title=\"Union Pacific train derailed in Aledo, TX\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/aledo-tx-union-pacific-train-derailment.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/aledo-tx-union-pacific-train-derailment.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/aledo-tx-union-pacific-train-derailment-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A railroad worker was injured when a Union Pacific train derailed in Aledo, TX on July 18, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->The derailment site was about 5 miles southwest of town where Aledo Rd crosses the tracks and about 15 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The 46-car train was on its way from Tucson, AZ and heading for Dallas when the derailment occurred in the early morning hours before daylight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6240\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6240\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6240 \" title=\"Map shows location of Union Pacific train derailment in Aledo, TX \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/aledo-tx-union-pacific-train-derailment-map.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/aledo-tx-union-pacific-train-derailment-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/aledo-tx-union-pacific-train-derailment-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map shows location of Union Pacific train derailment in Aledo, TX about 5 miles southwest of the center of town where Aledo Rd crosses the tracks.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The injured railroad employee, who was not identified, was transported to the hospital. The extent of his injuries are unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>One of the derailed cars was carrying cement, but, according to a Union Pacific spokesman, nothing was spilled.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the mishap is not known and is currently under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Aledo is located in Parker County, Texas in the north-central part of the state about 20 miles west of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Blog post by Gordon &#038;amp Elias, a FELA lawyer and <a title=\"Texas railroad injury lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/CM\/FELA\/Texas-FELA-Overview.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"> Texas railroad injury lawyer<\/a> who publishes train accidents and FELA legal news from across the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEDO, TX &#8211; The media reported that a railroad worker was injured in a Union Pacific train derailment in Aledo, TX on July 18, 2013. Two locomotives and seven rail cars jumped the tracks while the train was entering the main line off a side track that runs parallel to the main line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,74,9],"tags":[59,240],"class_list":["post-6236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fela-law","category-railroad-worker-injuries","category-texas-railroad-news","category-union-pacific","tag-texas-fela-lawyer","tag-texas-railroad-injury-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236","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=6236"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6245,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236\/revisions\/6245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}