News & Reviews News Wire Report: Idaho derailment put as many as 31 cars on the ground

Report: Idaho derailment put as many as 31 cars on the ground

By Angela Cotey | June 19, 2020

| Last updated on December 7, 2020


Trains News Wire digest for June 19; Also: CN conductor killed in B.C.; Iron ore train clean-up in Liberia

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SODA SPRINGS, Idaho — Union Pacific crews are working to clean up a June 17 derailment that put as many as 31 cars on the ground, East Idaho News reports.

The media outlet reports that the cars derailed about 9:30 p.m. June 17 near Soda Springs, Idaho, about 150 north of Salt Lake City. No injuries were reported from the derailment. A photograph on the East Idaho News website shows the derailment with cars splayed on elevated single track.

More information is available online.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — CTV News in Vancouver reports that a second Canadian National railroader died earlier this week as a result of injuries sustained on the job.

The news outlet cites a Teamsters Canada news release for part of its report confirming that a conductor died on the job in Prince Rupert, B.C. Prince Rupert is a major container port for CN on the Pacific Ocean.

More information is available online.

GANTA, Liberia — Global News Network reports that there were no injuries when 66 carloads of iron ore derailed on a train headed to the Port of Buchanan in the country on June 13.

The news outlet’s report suggests that the train was operated by Arcelor Mittal-Liberia and that the steel maker’s operation were suspended for a time after the derailment.

No injuries were reported.

More information is available online.

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