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  2. Category : Railway accidents and incidents in Illinois

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    1976 Beckemeyer train accident; ... 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash; C. 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash; 1977 Chicago Loop derailment; D. Downers Grove train ...

  3. 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision - Wikipedia

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    The train is now 600 ft (183 m) from the crossing, traveling 67 mph (108 km/h) 5.0 seconds before impact: The engineer, realizing the bus has not moved from the track, activates the emergency brakes. The train is 500 ft (152 m) from the crossing, and its speed has decreased to 60 mph (97 km/h). 7:10 am: Train impacts school bus.

  4. List of BNSF Railway accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    The BNSF train was proceeding through the crossing when the UP train struck the 12th car behind the BNSF locomotives, derailing 13 cars of the BNSF train and two locomotives and 11 cars of the UP train. Some of the derailed cars struck the supports for Missouri State Highway N which crossed via a bridge above the interlocking, causing a partial ...

  5. More than 20 injured in Chicago commuter train crash - AOL

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    Though some victims suffered critical injuries, none were life-threatening, according to health officials

  6. 5 children among 7 dead after fiery head-on crash on Illinois ...

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    Seven people, including five children, are dead after a car traveling the wrong way collided into a van on I-90 near Hampshire, Illinois, on Sunday, state police said.

  7. 1976 Beckemeyer train accident - Wikipedia

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    Map of train-truck collision, Beckemeyer, IL. 7 February 1976. As soon as the train hit the truck the engineer of the train, O.J. Coers threw on the emergency braking system in an attempt to stop the train. The front coupler of the train hit the truck near the driver's side door and ripped the body off the truck and threw it to the right of the ...

  8. Illinois police identify the three kids and two drivers ...

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    Authorities have identified the five people killed in a fiery collision between a school bus and semitruck on a highway in rural Illinois, including a young brother and sister, another 3-year-old ...

  9. 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash - Wikipedia

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    The accident arose from Stokes' conduct in ignoring the flashing warning lights at the railroad crossing and attempting to drive through the crossing ahead of an oncoming train traveling at nearly 80 miles per hour, where the resulting collision caused pieces of rebar to be thrown onto the tracks derailing the train.