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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.
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.
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.
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. 1976 New Canaan Branch collision, New Canaan, Connecticut; 2 killed plus 29 injured [184] [197]
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 ...
Pecos, Texas - 18 December 2024 - A Union Pacific train struck a tractor trailer carrying an oversized load and derailed, killing both crew members on the train and injuring three others. Some cars of the derailed train also crashed into the nearby Chamber of Commerce building.
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.
The train blocked crossings in the area for about two hours. Andres Rodriguez, 26, was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center in ... Man injured in train crash