BLET Safety Task Force: Two major Union Pacific derailments under investigation - Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

BLET Safety Task Force: Two major Union Pacific derailments under investigation - Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

The BLET Safety Task Force has received Party Status from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to assist with investigations into two Union Pacific derailments that occurred recently: one that resulted in an ethanol leak in Richmond, Texas, on March 18; and an intermodal train derailment in Mecca, Calif., on March 19. According to media reports, more than two dozen rail cars derailed in Richmond, Texas, a suburb of Houston. No evacuat…