(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 7.)
FORSYTH, Mont. — Authorities in Montana say high water eroded part of the ground beneath railroad tracks and caused a train derailment near the town of Forsyth.
Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway spokesman Gus Melonas says nine of the train’s 123 coal cars and one of its locomotives derailed early Monday in a rural area of eastern Montana.
Some of the coal has spilled into the Yellowstone River.
No injuries have been reported.
Melonas says about 125 feet of track collapsed under the weight of the train.
He said the derailment would not delay any passenger rail travel.