Archive for May, 2011
SCAPPOOSE, OR – Two trains were set ablaze after a derailment and collision along adjacent tracks just south of Scappoose, OR on May 5, 2011.
Scappoose is located in Columbia County, Oregon in the northern part of the state on the border with Washington state. Scappoose is about 8 miles southwest of St Helens, Oregon and about 27 miles northwest of Vancouver, Washington. ... Read More
NORTH PLATTE, NE – A railroad worker who was injured on the job and then fired by Union Pacific for reporting a work-related injury has been rehired by the company in North Platte, NE.
North Platte is in Lincoln County, Nebraska in the central part of the state about 225 miles west of Lincoln and 142 miles west of Grand Island. ... Read More