UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD UP Train Derailment,
Aerial image of a deadly derailment in Macdona, Texas on June 28, 2004.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
2004 Train wreck Derailment Macdona Texas
On June 28, 2004 in Macdona, Texas a UP train collided with an idle BNSF train resulting in the puncturing of a 90-ton tank car carrying liquified chlorine.
As the chlorine vaporized, a toxic “yellow cloud” soon formed which
killed 3 (the UP conductor and two residents nearby) and caused 43
hospitalizations.
The costs of cleanup and property damaged during the
incident exceeded 7 million dollars.
