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The Texas and Pacific was unable to finance construction to San Diego, and as a result the Southern Pacific was able to build from California to Sierra Blanca, Texas. In doing so, Southern Pacific used land designated for, and surveyed by Texas and Pacific, in its rail line from Yuma, Arizona , to El Paso, Texas .
The Midland train crash was a rail crossing accident that occurred on November 15, 2012 in Midland, Texas. A freight train struck a flatbed trailer being used as a parade float carrying 26 passengers (12 of them United States Armed Forces veterans who had been wounded in action), killing four and injuring 16.
May 19 of 2004 – Gunter Train Collision – Two BNSF freight trains collide head-on near Gunter, Texas.The train engineer of the southbound train died. [3]June 28, 2004 – A westbound Union Pacific Railroad freight train collides with the middle of an eastbound BNSF freight that was entering a siding at Macdona, Texas.
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured [190] [191] [192] 1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [193] [194] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [195] [196] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured.
Two people were injured on Sunday when a train in motion struck a stationary train in Wise County, authorities said. About 15 grain cars and three locomotives derailed in the crash about 7 p.m ...
The Crash at Crush: Texas' Great Pre-arranged Train Wreck. M.A. thesis, University of Texas at Austin, May 1975. Ramos, Mary G. (1993). "The Crash at Crush". Texas Almanac. Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on 2006-11-19. Krystek, Lee (2005). "The Great Texas Train Crash at Crush". The Museum of Unnatural Mystery.
PECOS, Texas (AP) — Federal officials investigating the deadly West Texas collision between at Union Pacific train and a tractor-trailer hauling a wind turbine base said Friday they were trying to determine why the tractor-trailer was stopped on the tracks, leading to the crash that derailed the train and propelled the enormous wind turbine base into the air.
Dispatching errors combined with the failure of two backup systems allowed a Union Pacific train to slam into 75 railcars that had been parked on a side track for nine months in Southern ...