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2 Arrests as Anti-oil Demonstrators Block Vancouver Railroad
2 Arrests as Anti-oil Demonstrators Block Vancouver Railroad
2 Arrests as Anti-oil Demonstrators Block Vancouver Railroad
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have arrested two people who were among those blocking train tracks in Vancouver, Washington, to oppose oil trains and fossil fuels. Demonstrators blocked BNSF's main rail line Monday to protest a proposed oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver that could handle about 360,000 barrels of oil a day...
Mudslides Halt Rail Traffic Between Seattle and Portland
Mudslides Halt Rail Traffic Between Seattle and Portland
Mudslides Halt Rail Traffic Between Seattle and Portland
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Officials with BNSF Railway say mudslides have forced the suspension of train traffic on a heavily traveled section of rails between Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. Gus Melonas, spokesman for the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, says early Friday that 10 slides just north of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge have halted rail traffic...
Wapato Man Struck and Killed by Train
Wapato Man Struck and Killed by Train
Wapato Man Struck and Killed by Train
A man from Wapato was killed Monday afternoon after being struck by a train near the intersection of North Track and Jones Roads near Wapato. State patrol troopers say Tyrone Colwash died at the scene just before 3:00 p.m. A spokesperson for the railroad says the man was trespassing and the crew used the emergency brakes and the horn to try and avoid him...