Train derails in GR Monday

On Monday morning, while temperatures were in the 20s, eight cars derailed in the Green River yard.

Kristen South, Union Pacific Railroad media relations director for the Wyoming area, said at about 9:45 a.m. eight cars derailed, but remained in an upright position. This means that although the cars did leave the track, they didn't flip onto the side or roll over completely.

South said she did not know what the cars that derailed contained.

The derailment could easily be seen from the Greenbelt pathway that went past the Green River Horse Corrals.

The railroad tracks where the derailment...

 

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