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Western Railroad Discussion > UP On The Ground At Near Hilgard, Ore.Date: 02/03/17 17:43 UP On The Ground At Near Hilgard, Ore. Author: jbbane Local media from about an hour ago reports 5 or 6 cars on the ground near Hilgard. Hilgard is a few miles west of LaGrande, Ore. Photo is from Elkhorn Media Facebook site. (photo credit is Sarah Maxwell)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/17 17:46 by jbbane.  Date: 02/03/17 18:42 Re: UP On The Ground At Near Hilgard, Ore. Author: stampedej What's up with all the derailments on the U.P. lately?? They just had one east of Pendleton, OR and a bad one in a tunnel around Joso, WA on the Spokane-Hinkle line.
Tragically, a Spokane-based conductor was also killed at Wallula earlier this week. This has been one crappy winter... Posted from iPhone Date: 02/04/17 07:43 Re: UP On The Ground At Near Hilgard, Ore. Author: BAB Knowing the area and the time of year would not like to be on that crew its nasty up there.
About the conductor killed outside of Pasco WA, have a friend who works doing the same for BNSF at Pasco didnt have a RR name at first and the worry set in. Its terrable and this time of year its also hard to do that type of work safe due to the ice. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/17 07:45 by BAB. Date: 02/04/17 09:55 Re: UP On The Ground At Near Hilgard, Ore. Author: bluesman I don't kow when UP offically got the line open. Trains have been moving since fairly early Saturday morning.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/17 12:32 by bluesman. Date: 02/04/17 10:25 Re: UP On The Ground At Near Hilgard, Ore. Author: funnelfan This is the second derailment at Hilgard in recent weeks. They got a Soda Ash train last time. I wonder if this has something to do with DPU's on long trains, or track conditions?
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