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Rural Maine Train Derailment Was Caused by Beaver Dam, Officials Say

SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April 2023 freight train derailment took …

Maine Presses Railroad to Fix Roads, Culverts After Derailment

Maine environmental regulators have asked a railroad cleaning up a freight train derailment site to repair forest management roads and culverts damaged by heavy equipment and that led to the discharge of sediment into area waters. State Department of Environmental …

Maine Unhappy With Railroad’s ‘Good Faith’ Cleanup of Train Derailment Site

SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) – The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is taking Canadian Pacific Kansas City to task over the cleanup following a freight train derailment and fire. Commissioner Melanie Loyzim sent a letter Thursday telling the …