Lawsuit Against Union Pacific over Texas Veterans Parade Crash Begins
A freight train that slammed into a parade float two years ago, killing four veterans and injuring 16 other people, came within 39 inches of missing the trailer, attorneys for both sides told a West...
View ArticleUnion Pacific Ordered to Pay Nebraska-Based Injured Worker $350K
Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific to pay $350,000 to a long-time employee who was disciplined after reporting an injury, but the railroad plans to appeal. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
View ArticleWidow of Oregon Man Killed In SUV-Train Crash Files Suit Against Union Pacific
The wife of one of two people killed when a freight train struck an SUV at a rural crossing in Oregon seeks $2.7 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against Union Pacific and several workers. The suit...
View ArticleCleanup Costs of Oregon Train Derailment Along River Pilling Up
Six months after a train hauling Bakken crude oil derailed along the Columbia River Gorge, Washington, Oregon and other officials are still tabulating a bill to send to Union Pacific Railroad. Union...
View ArticleLast Year’ Fiery Iowa Derailment Caused by Broken Rail, Poor Repairs
Federal investigators determined that a broken rail caused the fiery 2017 train derailment in northwest Iowa that released 322,000 gallons of ethanol. The National Transportation Safety Board has ruled...
View ArticleTrain Derails in Texas, Sends Freight Cars into Backyards
A freight train derailment in the center of a small North Texas town sent freight cars smashing into a resident’s backyard. The 9:30 a.m. Jan. 9 smashup in downtown Aubrey, Texas, involved a Union...
View ArticleWidow of Wyoming Train Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Suit against Union...
The widow of a Union Pacific engineer who died in a train crash in southern Wyoming has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports Jason Martinez’s widow,...
View ArticleUnion Pacific Worker In Texas Dies, Pinned Between Tankers
Investigators say a Union Pacific worker has died after being pinned between two railway tanker cars in Southeast Texas. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Travis Andrepont of...
View ArticleSchools, Homes Evacuated After Illinois Derailment, Fire
A freight train believed to be bearing a flammable liquid used in solvents derailed Tuesday in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, causing a fire that sent thick, black smoke into the air and prompted the...
View ArticleNTSB: Loose Joint Caused Train Derailment that Killed Man in Texas
A loose, improperly fastened rail joint led to a 2017 derailment in a North Texas rail switching yard that killed a worker, the National Transportation Safety Board has found. A misaligned rail joint...
View ArticleFlood-Weakened Tracks a ‘Probable Cause’ in 2019 Fort Worth Train Derailment
Federal officials say a train that derailed and caught fire in Fort Worth in 2019 was traveling on tracks that had been weakened by flooding after days of rain. The National Transportation Safety Board...
View ArticleBNSF Railway Joins Legal Fight Against Unions Over Vaccine Mandate
Another major railroad has gone to court to determine whether it has the authority to require all its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. BNSF Railway filed a lawsuit in Illinois...
View ArticleFreight Train Derails in California Sending 13 Rail Cars and Locomotives off...
A Union Pacific freight train carrying lumber derailed in Southern California on Monday, sending 13 rail cars and three locomotives off the tracks. No injuries were reported after the derailment around...
View ArticleRailroad: Broken Wheel Likely Caused Kansas Derailment
MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) – Union Pacific officials believe that a broken wheel likely caused this weekend’s derailment that spilled denatured alcohol inside a Kansas refinery. Railroad spokeswoman Kristen...
View ArticleShipping Container Explosion in Nebraska Railyard Raises Questions About...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific uses at the world’s largest railyard in Nebraska, but none of those seem to...
View ArticleFreight Train Carrying Corn Derails Near Amtrak Stop in Nevada, No Injuries...
Sixteen railroad freight cars carrying corn derailed early Wednesday under a key railroad overpass in the northeast Nevada city of Elko, but no injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were...
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