5 days ago · It was the second UP train derailment on Sunday morning. The first occurred around 6:40 a.m. in an unpopulated area near Dix, which is about 145 miles west of North Platte. The Nebraska News Channel reported that about 60 double-stacked storage containers carrying dry goods derailed, blocking a railroad crossing at Kimball County Road 55.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Union Pacific Railroad is investigating a train derailment east of North Platte near Highway 30. The derailment occurred at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday at the North Airport ...

5 days ago · Two North Platte rail union leaders said no one was hurt when grain cars near the front of a westbound train derailed about 11 a.m. Sunday near Lee Bird Field.

5 days ago · The Kimball County Sheriff’s Office reported a fiery train derailment just after 8 a.m. west of Dix. ... Sheriff’s Office, Nebraska, Nebraska State Patrol, north airport road, North Platte ...

5 days ago · A second derailment occurred at 10:30 a.m. east of North Platte, Neb., near Highway 30 at the North Airport Road railroad crossing. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, 25 train cars carrying corn derailed, blocking the main Union Pacific line, which consists of …

5 days ago · DIX, Nebraska — Two Union Pacific trains derailed today about 150 miles apart on the railroad’s Overland Route main line in Nebraska, with a fire resulting from one of the incidents. KNOP-TV reports that several fire departments responded to a derailment in Dix, about 30 miles from the Wyoming state line, at 6:50 a.m. The Kimball County Sheriff’s Office has asked

5 days ago · Union Pacific Railroad is investigating a train derailment east of North Platte near Highway 30. Night Beat. WATCH: Night Beat with Danielle Shenk Feb. 12, 2025. Updated: 22 minutes ago.

4 days ago · Lincoln County crews were also on scene of a second derailment near North Platte Sunday. Amanda Snide, Local 200 chair of the SMART-TD conductors union, described the crews on the derailed trains ...

Apr 15, 2024 · NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Cleanup is underway in Chappell after approximately 35 Union Pacific train cars derailed Sunday afternoon. According to Union Pacific Senior Communications Manager Robynn Tysver, no injuries were reported.

Sep 14, 2023 · Around noon, an explosion occurred inside an intermodal container on a railcar at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, though it wasn’t clear what caused the explosion, railroad spokeswoman Robynn Tysver said. No one was injured, and no cars derailed.