PECOS, Texas — A ceremony to honor the two Union Pacific crew members killed in the Dec. 18 grade-crossing accident and derailment will be held in Pecos on Sunday, Jan. 19.
Engineer Clay Burt, 63, and conductor Phillip Araujo, 47, were killed when their train hit a truck with an oversized load at a grade crossing in downtown Pecos and derailed. Three other people suffered minor injuries [see “Two crew members killed …,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 19, 2024].
An announcement on the Reeves County Facebook page says the 4 p.m. Ceremony of Unity and Remembrance will be held on the steps of the West of the Pecos Museum. The museum, in the community’s former railroad station, recently reopened following damage sustained in the accident. Those attending are asked to wear Union Pacific’s colors of yellow and red as a gesture of respect and solidarity.
The investigation into the incident is continuing.
