Oregon coast train derailment finishes weeklong cleanup effort

The Feb. 10 derailment near Newport spilled an estimated 2,000 gallons of diesel when a locomotive’s fuel tank was punctured.

NEWPORT, Oregon — Oregon environmental officials say cleanup is nearly complete following a Feb. 10 train derailment near Newport that spilled an estimated 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

The derailment involved a Portland & Western Railroad train at a Georgia-Pacific mill in Toledo, about five miles east of Newport. The spilled diesel came from a punctured fuel tank on one of the three derailed locomotives, according to officials at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

After the locomotives were removed, crews from an environmental

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