UP: Preliminary investigation finds failed rail fastener caused Oregon oil train wreck | Trains Magazine

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By Justin Franz | June 6, 2016

MOSIER, Ore. — Union Pacific officials say a failed rail fastener is what may have caused Friday’s explosive oil train derailment along UP’s route through the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. On June 3, a Tacoma, Wash.-bound oil tr… (…)

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