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Union Pacific train derails in Colton, Calif.

By Trains Staff | March 22, 2022

| Last updated on March 21, 2024

Three locomotives, 12 cars involved; cleanup worker suffers minor injury

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Union Pacific logo with Building America sloganCOLTON, Calif. — Three locomotives and 12 cars of a Union Pacific train derailed Monday morning, leading to a brief fire and a spill of diesel fuel from the locomotives.

The derailment occurred near the Colton Flyover, where UP’s tracks cross those of BNSF Railway. The San Bernardino Sun reports the derailment occurred shortly after 7 a.m. one car of lumber caught fire but was quickly extinguished, Union Pacific’s Robynn Tysver told the newspaper. Tysver also said a contractor helping clean up the derailment suffered a minor injury.

About 300 gallons of diesel fuel were spilled as a result of the derailment.

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