McGREW, NE – Union Pacific workers are clearing a massive train pile-up near McGrew, Nebraska where 59 rail cars loaded with coal derailed on Sunday morning December 26 at about 6:30 am.
The UP train, which had 135 cars and three locomotives, was traveling eastbound.
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis told radio station KNEB that 30 of the cars formed a pile next to the damaged track.
No injuries were reported at the time of the incident.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
Published by FELA lawyer Gordon & Elias, LLP