BNSF derailment near Ludlow, Calif.
San Bernardino County Fire Department via Twitter
A BNSF train traveling west on Wednesday derailed near Ludlow, Calif., in the Mojave Desert, not far from Interstate Highway 40.
RT&S reached out to BNSF for details, and received the following statement:
“Around 12:20 p.m. Pacific time on Wednesday, March 3, a BNSF train traveling from Kansas City, Kansas, to Barstow, Calif. carrying mixed freight derailed near Ludlow, Calif. Initial reports indicate 44 cars derailed, and one car carrying ethanol alcohol was leaking. There are no injuries. Both main lines are currently open and trains are moving through the area. The cause is under investigation.”
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Nobody was hurt and there was no fire when the BNSF Railway train went off the tracks around midday near the remote Mojave community of Ludlow, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said on Twitter.
Photos and a video tweeted by the fire department showed train cars piled up, mostly sideways across the tracks, some on their sides.
In a press release, the Fire Department said 25 to 35 train cars derailed. One round car leaked denatured alcohol, which is similar to ethanol.
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