June 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: The Oregonian, June 6, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — With damaged tank cars still lying near to the tracks in Mosier, the site of Friday’s fiery oil train derailment, Union Pacific said Monday it would temporarily suspend moving oil trains through the Columbia...
June 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 7, 2016) MOSIER, Ore. — Local politicians and residents reacted with shock and anger Monday as Union Pacific began running trains through this tiny Columbia River Gorge town just three days after a fiery derailment forced residents to...
June 6, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Life In Quebec, June 5, 2016) MONTREAL — Despite the horror they endured, certain first responders to the tragedy of Lac Mégantic will not be compensated for PTSD under train company MMA’s Arrangement Plan. Full story: Life In Quebec
June 6, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, June 4, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — Eight-hundred feet in either direction, and Friday’s oil train derailment outside the small Columbia River Gorge city of Mosier might’ve sent flaming tank cars into a lake in a National Scenic Area....
June 6, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 5, 2016) BEND, Ore. — Environmental crews worked Saturday to contain a sheen of oil that appeared in the Columbia River along the Washington-Oregon border after a Union Pacific train derailed and caught fire, but officials said there...
June 6, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 5, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — An oil-train derailment and fire has damaged essential city services in a small Oregon town, authorities said Sunday. The Mosier waste water treatment plant and sewer system are not operational as a result of...
June 6, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 5, 2016) MOSIER, Ore. — Officials now say a track failure was likely the cause of the oil train derailment and explosion in the Columbia River Gorge Friday. Full story: www.kcby.com
June 6, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, June 5, 2016) SEATTLE — Officials in Mosier, Ore., are objecting to Union Pacific’s decision to restart train traffic after a fiery oil-car derailment Friday prompted an evacuation and disrupted the town’s sewage and water systems. Full story:...
June 1, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Herald, May 31, 2016) EVERETT, Wash. — A year after Gov. Jay Inslee signed an oil train safety bill into law, the state Department of Ecology is working toward finally putting it into practice. Full story: www.heraldnet.com
May 31, 2016 | Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Roanoke Times, May 27, 2016) ROANOKE, Va. — State environmental regulators have cited Norfolk Southern Corp. for an oil spill that happened when two trains collided last summer in Pulaski County. Full story: Roanoke Times
