Recent Nebraska Train Accidents



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  • Railfan Road: Nebraska's U.S. Route 30
    • Nebraska
    • Grand Island
    • I-80
    • source: Bing
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    • Apr 16, 2024 11:00am
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    Trains Columnist Don Phillips prescribed driving Nebraska's U.S. Route 30 along the Union Pacific main line as an antidote for the 1970s railroad blues ("Solace on Highway 30," October 1978). For all ... Read More

    • source: Bing / News Channel Nebraska
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    • Apr 15, 2024 10:32am

    A Union Pacific train that derailed near the Frenchman Valley Coop grain elevators forced the evacuation of a few residents on the west end of Chappell for a brief time Sunday afternoon. Read More

    • source: Bing / nptelegraph
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    • Apr 15, 2024 09:39am

    The incident was reported by the Nebraska Department of Transportation about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The derailment caused officials to close U.S. Highway 30 for about two hours and evacuate portions of ... Read More

    • source: Bing
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    • Apr 09, 2024 3:54pm
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    Morning Pulse: Viewer captures multi-vehicle crash near Palymra. Meanwhile, a train derails in Bennet. On the west side of Highway 43 in the southern part of the town. Former Nebraska women's ... Read More

    • source: Bing
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    • Apr 15, 2024 05:41am

    An estimated 20 cars of a Union Pacific intermodal train derailed Sunday in the town of Chappell, leading to the short-term evacuation of a few residents as a precautionary measure and closing U.S. Read More

    • source: Bing
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    • Apr 16, 2024 05:30am

    No injuries were reported following a train derailment near Kearney early Tuesday morning. According to Union Pacific, around 4 a.m., crews were called to a report of a train derailment near the ... Read More





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