Union Pacific Train Derailment - Raymondville, TX
N 26° 37.547 W 097° 46.055
14R E 622682 N 2945579
Union Pacific train has 33 cars derail.
Waymark Code: WM1A0V
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2007
Views: 70
33 rail cars full of corn derailed Feb 18, 2007, tearing each other apart, and spilling many tons of corn. No injuries were reported. Union Pacific Railroad officials had to reroute other trains until the spill could be cleaned up and several hundred feet of track could be repaired.
Update on the story: We arrived at this location, 10 miles north of Raymondville, TX, 6 days after the derailment. All of the cars had been moved and covered with tarps to protect the corn still inside. The wheels and axle trucks under each car had been removed and hauled away. The track were repaired and trains were running on the line again. One pile of corn still remained to be recovered. A guard at the site said the unspilled corn would be removed from the hopper cars, and then the cars would be cut up and hauled away.
Type of publication: Television
When was the article reported?: 02/19/2007
Publication: KGBT Television channel 4
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How widespread was the article reported?: regional
News Category: Business/Finance
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