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UP derailment blocks route to ports of LA and Long Beach

By Trains Staff | December 23, 2024

No injuries reported when four locomotives, five cars derail on Alameda Corridor route

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Derailed locomotives
The rail route to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has been blocked by a Union Pacific derailment on Dec. 23, 2024. Screenshot from KCAL-TV video

CARSON, Calif. — No injuries were reported when four locomotives and five cars of a Union Pacific train derailed today (Monday, Dec. 23) on the Alameda Corridor route connecting UP and BNSF Railway to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The derailment occurred about 1 p.m. near the intersection of Carson and Alameda streets. Union Pacific said in a statement to KCBS-TV that access to the ports is current blocked “while crews repair tracks and prepare to put railcars and locomotives back onto rail.” No hazardous material spill was reported.

The route handles about 28 trains and 12,300 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) daily, according to the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority.

2 thoughts on “UP derailment blocks route to ports of LA and Long Beach

  1. Another reason why railroads should not be putting all their eggs in a single route. They were bragging about how the Chicago CREATE impacts several states, here is a perfect example of how expedience has over ruled risk in allowing not one, but the only two railroads that service the port shoved into a single route out.

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