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Massive New Mexico Train Collision Kills One and Injured Another

By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news

(Midway, New Mexico – April 28, 2015)

A collision of two trains using BNSF locomotives but being operated by the Class II short line Southwestern Railroad Co. occurred early Tuesday morning, at about 6:00 A.M., MDT, on single track, but near a passing side track, and parallel to New Mexico State Highway 2 in the Midway, NM area about 10 miles southeast of Roswell, NM.

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Southern California Rocked by Pair of Passenger Train Crossing Collisions in 12 Hours

By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news

(Oxnard and Menlo Park, CA – February 23-24, 2015)

Two catastrophic crossing collisions plagued police and emergency response personnel in two Los Angeles-area communities within the short span of 12 hours Monday evening and early Tuesday morning, killing a female motorist in one accident and injuring dozens of Caltrain passengers in the other.

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