Freight Derails; Passenger Trains Delayed
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DUNSMUIR, Calif. — A Southern Pacific freight train derailed north of this Siskiyou County community early Saturday, blocking southbound tracks for more than 10 hours and delaying Amtrak’s Coast Starlight passenger train. There were no injuries.
Four “piggy back” flatcars carrying truck trailers spilled their cargo but no toxic material was involved in the wreck, said a Southern Pacific spokesman.
The freight went off the tracks as it slowed to turn onto a siding, spokesman Bob Hoppe said. Dunsmuir is about 30 miles north of Redding.
Because of the derailment, the southbound Amtrak Coast Starlight on the way from Portland to Los Angeles reached Oakland 10 hours late Saturday afternoon.
The northbound Coast Starlight headed for Portland was detoured around the wreck on Union Pacific tracks, Hoppe said.
Cause of the derailment was under investigation, he said.
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