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By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news
(Vanduser, Missouri – June 8, 2015)
A 55-year-old Scott County, MO mechanic driving a county-owned Ford F-350 pickup truck was killed Monday morning at about 10:25 A.M., CDT when his westbound truck was hit by a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway freight train at the dangerous and unguarded crossing of Scott County Road 432 (also known as Greer Street) and BNSF railroad tracks outside of Vanduser, MO.
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(Dateland, Arizona – April 6, 2015)
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(Warrior, Alabama – February 13, 2015)
A 19-year veteran employee of the Jefferson County, AL Roads and Transportation Dept. tragically lost his life Friday morning at about 10:20 A.M., EST when the dump truck he was driving collided with a CSX freight train at the dangerous, unguarded, questionably-designed and tree-obscured crossing of Brasher Road and CSX Railroad tracks near Warrior, AL.
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By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news
(Marlin, Texas – February 11, 2015)
A 55-year-old veteran Federal Express truck driver was killed just prior to 5:30 P.M., CST Wednesday when his 2014 Mercedes FedEx cargo van was virtually totaled as he collided with a northbound Union Pacific freight train at the dangerous, unguarded crossing of UPRR railroad tracks and Falls County Road 116 near Marlin, TX.
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By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news
(Mandan, North Dakota – December 13, 2014)
The operator of a Bobcat end loader was killed Saturday afternoon at about 1:40 P.M., CST when his machine was struck by a 121-car BNSF coal train being pulled by three locomotives. The operator was working on a dangerous and unguarded dirt railroad crossing on a privatized portion of Morton County Highway 83, about 10 miles southwest of Mandan, ND.
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By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news
(Cottondale, Alabama – February 28, 2014) Another member of a contract crew of five men...
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By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news
(Sparks, Georgia – January 10, 2014)
The death of a Sparks, GA city employee who was accessing the city’s water treatment plant Friday at about 3:30 P.M. via a dangerous and unguarded railroad crossing that the city council had considered closing in the past has both voters and elected officials lamenting action not taken, but others asking what course of action could be taken due to limited access to the facility.
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By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news
(Grand Forks, North Dakota – January 3, 2014)
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By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news
(New York, New York – December 20, 2013)
Continuing to call the American railroad industry out on the majority of U.S. rail carriers seeking delay on the year’s end-2015 Congressionally-mandated institution of a nationwide Positive Train Control (PTC) satellite-based railroad safety system, several news media providers have recently questioned the true intent of U.S. rail carriers in delaying implementation another three to five years.
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By Pottroff & Karlin LLC | railroad news
(New York, New York – December 15, 2013)
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