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Posted on 01/05/2025 5:00:07 AM PST by EBH
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KATU) — Corvallis Police and Fire responded to a train trestle collapse near Avery Park on Saturday afternoon.
“Initial investigations show the trestle collapsed while a freight train was crossing. At this time, there are no known injuries, but it is still an active scene and investigation,” Corvallis Police said in a post on Facebook.
"At approximately noon today, a Portland & Western Railroad (PNWR) bridge outside Corvallis collapsed while a 19-car train was traversing over it, derailing a railcar carrying urea into Mary's River," a spokesperson for PNWR tells KATU News.
The spokesperson says that environmental agencies and local first responders have been notified
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A train trestle collapse near Avery Park.
Biden sends more money to Ukraine gives finger to America.
Lipton's Instant Pee, just add water. What a country!
Recisely.
Do you have a ing list?
Sto icking on that oster!
This could ruin alliteration.
There will be a big, huge fine for this. Where will the money go?
Typically, the “fine” is paid to an environmental group.
I can guarantee it won’t be used to fix the bridge.
it can also make some good boomers for the 4th!!
Also fertilizer. My wife works for a large agricultural supplier that has facilities in that location. I’ll ask if this shipment was for them.
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When ya gotta go, ya gotta go.
It’s a long ways from Corvallis to the Pacific. 100 miles down river to Portland and the Columbia River, then 100 miles from Portland to the sea. All in rivers that may be approaching flood stage after weeks of heavy rain.
Bad deal.
That’s gonna flow past my house ...
The fertilizer made the river grow.
Just like Hy Karate
That’s Oregon - the woods and field are nice and green ALL the time!
Urea is fertilizer
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It is also the required EPA ingredient for diesel engines.
True. But there’s green and then there’s GREEN.
Even so, given that the nitrate would be in solution as opposed to a sediment, the bulk of that nitrate goes to the ocean. I didn't say there would not be an effect downstream; I implied that it is neglectful not to mention what it does in the coastal marine environment, which would be bigger in total magnitude and isn't all bad.
The olice took my ee without my ermission.
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