HOUSTON -- Union Pacific brought in heavy equipment late Monday to remove eight cars that had derailed in Baytown, including one filled with sulfuric acid and another with antifreeze, authorities said.
Baytown's hazardous materials team inspected the cars that tumbled from the track about 12:20 a.m. on the north side of the Coady railroad yard and found no leaks, said Baytown's Asst. Fire Chief Victor Medrano.
The cause of the mishap remains under investigation, railroad officials said. The train that slid from the track services the petrochemical industry in the Baytown area.
Two of the eight derailed cars were transporting potentially hazardous and the rest contained "some various residues," he said.
No injuries were reported.
(The preceding article by Cindy Horswell was published January 25, 2010, by The Houston Chronicle.)
