Maine, beaver dam and train derailment

Maine train derailment that led to injuries and forest fire was caused by beaver dam, officials say
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 place in heavily forested Somerset County and also led to a forest fire.
2023 train derailment in rural Maine caused by beaver dam, state officials say
A 2023 train derailment in rural Maine was caused by a beaver dam that flooded rail tracks, according to investigators on Wednesday.
Maine train derailment that spilled fuel caused by beaver dam, officials say
Three locomotives and six train cars from Canadian Pacific Kansas City derailed in Sandwich Academy Grant Township on April 15, 2023.
Beaver dam caused 2023 CPKC derailment in Maine
The April 2023 derailment of a CPKC train in rural Maine, which led to injuries to three crew members and a fire, was caused by a washout resulting from a beaver dam, a state agency has been told. The April 15,
Beaver Dam to blame for train Somerset County train derailment in 2023
SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (WABI) - State officials say a beaver dam is to blame for a train derailment in Sandwich Academy Grant in Somerset County in 2023. That’s according to the Bangor Daily News.
Beaver Dam Blamed for Train Derailment
A beaver dam is to blame for a derailment that caused a forest fire in Maine in 2023, authorities say. Maine Land Use Planning Commission official Audie Arbo said Wednesday that "a vast amount of water" came through culverts and washed out part of the track after a flow designed to allow water through the dam let go,
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New bills could allow Maine towns to come together and take over abandoned dams
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Maine Monitor hosts dam discussion in Bucksport
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Maine town approves plan to remove two Royal River dams
The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic ...
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New bills could allow towns to come together and take over abandoned dams
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New bills could allow towns to take control of abandoned dams
A Bipartisan coalition of lawmakers from Hancock county is working on a slate of bills that would allow Maine towns to take ...