BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 4, 2024
The cleanup continues after a Tuesday afternoon train derailment in Mattawamkeag. The derailment happened near the town line with Winn after a train car rolled off a side track onto the main track, where another train collided with it. The crash caused the train’s fuel engine to rupture. David Madore, deputy commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, said in a Wednesday afternoon email that about 1,200 gallons of locomotive fuel was spilled.