(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 3.)
BARRY, Ill. — Freight train traffic on a main Midwest throughway is on hold after 31 cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed in western Illinois.
Pike County Sheriff Paul F. Petty says no one was injured in Tuesday’s derailment and local crews are removing the cars to clear the track. Petty says several freights are waiting to get through.
Petty says the Norfolk Southern train was passing over a bridge on BeeBee Creek when cars started piling up on one another. Coal spilled from several cars, which also carried corn oil. There were no toxic chemicals aboard.
Norfolk Southern spokesman Rudy Husband says the cause of the derailment is under investigation. He says some trains are being rerouted.