June 14, 2016 archive

$7 million in Fines Against UP Railroad in Two Years

After looking into federal records following a June 3-firey crude oil train derailment in Oregon, reporters for The Oregonian and OregonLive have discovered the Union Pacific railroad has been fined more than $7 million in a two-year period. The fines  were for safety violations from 2014 through 2015.  An Oregon Department of Transportation Inspection found …

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