(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 28.)
AVONDALE, La. — Some scary moments for folks leaving New Orleans on Monday on an Amtrak train. The Sunset Limited came off the track.
The train was en route to Los Angeles when a couple of the train’s cars went off the track and onto the ground.
Amtrak spokeswoman Tracy Connell says the engine and baggage car derailed. She says none of the 124 passengers aboard was hurt.
Connell says the Sunset Limited was delayed about 3.5 hours as a result.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation.