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The 45th car in the train derails such that it blocks the parallel second main track, into which an eastbound BNSF oil train collides. Dash 9-44CW 4934 strikes the car and almost 500,000 gallons of crude oil are released from the oil train; the oil catches fire, forcing the evacuation of 1,400 nearby residents. [27] [28]
The community then passed an emergency motion asking Union Pacific to remove all oil from the damaged cars before resuming the use of the tracks. Union Pacific pushed the damaged cars out of the way and limited the train speed to 10 miles per hour (16 km/h) in the section. [5] 42,000 US gallons (160,000 L) of oil were spilled.
Officials say 23 BNSF traincars badly damaged in accident
BNSF Railway operates trains on the rail to supply coal to a power plant in Nebraska City. The teenager, who reported the derailment to authorities, approached an investigator after the crash and ...
Sketch of the accident site. The San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident or the 1989 Cajon Pass Runaway), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline ...
Dec. 6—DICKINSON — At approximately 6:20 a.m. this morning, Wednesday, Dec. 6, an unidentified man lost his life after being struck and killed by a BNSF train on the tracks in the proximity of ...
List of BNSF Railway accidents and incidents; 0–9. 2002 Placentia train collision This page was last edited on 10 April 2018, at 08:31 (UTC). Text ...
The NTSB report laid blame in part on BNSF railroad, which owns the tracks, and “a shortcoming in its safety culture.” Montana train derailment report renews calls for automated systems to ...