GOTHENBURG, Neb. — Approximately 31 cars of a Union Pacific coal train derailed on Union Pacific’s triple-track main line across Nebraska early today (Tuesday, Feb. 21), stopping rail traffic for more than six hours.
No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were involved in the accident that occurred about 1:45 a.m., UP spokeswoman Robynn Tysver told the Lincoln Journal-Star. One track of the UP main line was reopened about 8 a.m. while derailment cleanup continued.
Gothenburg is about 35 miles southeast of North Platte. It was the second similar derailment in the area in about nine months; 30 cars of a coal train derailed 2 miles southeast of Gothenburg in May 2022 [see “UP coal train derails …,” Trains News Wire, May 26, 2022]
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