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Amtrak California Zephyr Collides with Nebraska Farm Vehicle

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 26, 2011.  At about 8:50 a.m. CDT, an agricultural vehicle obstructing the BNSF Railway Co., tracks caused an Amtrak train to become disabled near Benkelman, Neb., near the Nebraska-Kansas border.

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There were no reports of life-threatening injuries to the estimated 178 passengers or the train’s crew. A small number of passengers have been taken to a local hospital.

Both of the train’s locomotives left the rails, along with three railcars. The remainder of the…

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