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Family looks back on 2002 Minot derailment

January 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Minot will always hold a special place in the hearts of Richard Allende and his family. It also will be burned into their nightmares.
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Rescue work ends after Indian train wreck kills 68

July 11, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Railway workers Monday began clearing the mangled wreckage of a derailed passenger train in northern India after ending a rescue operation that found 68 bodies. Continue Reading

No one hurt in derailment in southeast N.D.

April 22, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

No one was hurt when 19 railcars carrying rock went off the tracks in southeast North Dakota.
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Train derails, closes crossing

March 23, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

The cause of a partial Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad derailment in Dickinson Wednesday morning is under investigation, BNSF spokesperson Amy McBeth, said.
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Off the rails in Mahnomen

September 22, 2010 in Worthington Daily Globe

DETROIT LAKES – A railroad disaster drill held last week in the city of Mahnomen seemed eerily prescient when the real thing happened 13 cars in a southbound Canadian Pacific freight train derailed late Monday afternoon. Continue Reading