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The 45th car in the train derails such that it blocks the parallel second main track, into which an eastbound BNSF oil train collides. Dash 9-44CW 4934 strikes the car and almost 500,000 gallons of crude oil are released from the oil train; the oil catches fire, forcing the evacuation of 1,400 nearby residents. [27] [28]
Sketch of the accident site. The San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline adjacent to the tracks which was ...
List of BNSF Railway accidents and incidents; 0–9. 2002 Placentia train collision This page was last edited on 10 April 2018, at 08:31 (UTC). Text ...
On June 3, 2016, a Union Pacific train with 96 tank cars carrying Bakken oil from New Town, North Dakota to U.S. Oil and Refining in Tacoma, Washington derailed in the Columbia River Gorge near Mosier, Oregon. Sixteen of the 96 cars derailed after the train's emergency brake system about 18 cars back from the engines engaged - several cars then ...
Dec. 6—DICKINSON — At approximately 6:20 a.m. this morning, Wednesday, Dec. 6, an unidentified man lost his life after being struck and killed by a BNSF train on the tracks in the proximity of ...
Officials say 23 BNSF traincars badly damaged in accident
The lawsuit claims the crash and subsequent derailment cost BNSF and Amtrak, which operates its trains on rail owned by the freight company, "damages well in excess of $75,000" each.
5 March – United States – A BNSF oil train derailed in a rural area near Galena, Illinois, with 21 cars containing Bakken formation crude oil catching fire. [278] 6 March – Netherlands – A passenger train rear-ended a freight train between Tilburg Universiteit and Tilburg stations. A few passengers suffered slight injuries. [279]