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Callahan County asks TxDOT and Union Pacific for safety inspection of rail crossing after fatal crash

Callahan County Commissioners Court · February 3, 2026

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Summary

Following a crash that killed two young adults at a county-road rail crossing, the commissioners passed a resolution requesting a diagnostic inspection by Union Pacific and TxDOT Abilene District of the FM 18 rail crossing (US DOT ID 796029W) to evaluate safety and eligibility for Section 130 rail-highway improvements.

The Callahan County Commissioners Court passed a resolution requesting the Texas Department of Transportation (Abilene District) and Union Pacific Railroad coordinate a diagnostic safety inspection of a rail crossing on FM 18 near former County Road 243, where a recent…

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