Mosier, OR, the Columbia Gorge community that endured a terrifying oil train derailment and fire in June, is now facing the possibility of a Union Pacific expansion that could add up to an additional 50 trains moving through the Oregon side of the Gorge each day, including more trains filled with volatile Bakken crude oil.

Driven by concern for the safety and livability of their town, and bolstered by a new, Friends of the Columbia Gorge-commissioned study showing that Union Pacific's rail expansion proposal greatly underestimates additional train traffic, Mosier residents are gearing up for an important hearing before the Wasco County Planning Commission on Sept. 6.

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