The two-man crew of the Columbia Terminal Railroad on April 9 transported rail cars containing lumber, coiled steel, PVC resin and a wax-based lubricant. On this day the crew was Shane Riley ...
Shortly before 10:30 a.m., the bridge was reopened to traffic and an Amtrak train was seen going along the tracks. Firefighters said six cars were involved and two of them were lumber cars.
tried to beat the train while turning into a lumber yard but was hit by the Union Pacific train. The driver was the only person in the car and he was the only vehicle involved in the crash.
Railway owner Canadian Pacific Kansas City led cleanup and repair efforts after the derailment, in which three locomotive engines and six train cars carrying lumber and electrical wiring went off ...