Saturday, May 9, 2015

Floodwaters, Strong Winds Derail North Texas Train, Injure At Least 4 Workers

Zain Haidar
Published: May 8,2015



 
Cooke County Train Derailment
KXII - Sherman, TX
 Flash flooding and strong winds derailed a freight train in Valley View, Texas, north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex early Friday morning.The National Weather Service says that flash floods caused the train to careen off the tracks and sent cars into nearby Spring Creek. BNSF Railway, which owns the freight train, says that four locomotives and 13 cars derailed around 1:20 a.m. CT as the area continued to be battered by the day's severe storm system. North Texas saw flash flooding, hail and tornadoes Thursday. FOX 4 reports that the derailment injured 4 railway workers, but none of the injuries are life-threatening.
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Flooding causes a train derailment in Cooke County... http://bit.ly/1bCOzaY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(MORE: Emergency-Level Flooding Prompts Evacuations in Nebraska, Closes Roads) Crews are taking another look this morning to determine a final cause. BNSF spokesman Joe Faust says the track will require repairs and a large clean-up."It will be a massive cleanup job, but we have experienced people across the country for when we do have these types of occurrences. So I'm confident that we will address it quickly, promptly, safely and will resume traffic probably within the next 48 hours," Faust said.    MORE: May 6 Tornado Outbreak
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