WYANET, Ill. (AP) - BNSF Railway says crews are cleaning up after a freight train derailed in north-central Illinois.
Company spokesman Steve Forsberg says 19 cars of a 92-car freight train derailed near Wyanet in Bureau County. He says plastic pelletsspilled out of 1 car. No one was injured in the derailment Saturday night.
Forsberg says BNSF expects to have tracks reopened by Monday afternoon. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
The derailment also affected some passenger trains. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says the company is rerouting passengers on some trains by bus and a few trains have been detoured to bypass the closed tracks.
-- Edited by FMB on Monday 21st of December 2009 05:29:48 AM
