Mosier Transloading Finished; Cars Being Removed

Crews in Mosier have completed transloading all oil from derailed tank cars off-site.  A total of 13 cars involved in Friday’s derailment were offloaded.  The recovered oil was transferred by truck to The Dalles and is now staged for transport by rail to Tacoma, its original destination, at a date to be determined.  As of Wednesday morning, crews have cleaned and decontaminated all of the derailed cars, and moved two of them from the site.  The empty tanker cars are being transported by truck to Portland, a process that should continue through the end of the week.  Once the rail cars have been removed, crews will begin removing contaminated soil and continue other environmental cleanup and monitoring activities.  Meanwhile, various groups continue to protest oil trains coming through the Gorge.  The Hood River City Council reiterated a resolution it had earlier passed in opposition.  Today, clergy from the Columbia River Gorge, including Members of Gorge Ecumenical Ministries and the Mount Adams Ministerial Association, gathered to express their support for the City of Mosier’s call to stop train traffic through the site of Friday’s oil train derailment until the cause of the accident is determined.  And representatives of Northwest tribes will gather in Mosier tomorrow to say the incident risks their fishing rights.

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