(The following story by Allison Triarsi appeared on the KHOU.com website on July 29.)
BRENHAM, Texas — Emergency crews in Brenham worked much of the night to clean up a large train derailment where several cars fell off an overpass on Monday.
A Burlington Northern/Santa Fe train hauling several cars of industrial furnace dust jumped the tracks at about 6 p.m. Several cars fell off the bridge that crosses Martin Luther King Blvd.
Luckily, no one was hurt, but that intersection and the railroad crossing at Main Street were blocked due to the derailment. Officials said as many as 24 cars left the tracks.
Four of the cars were hauling furnace dust, but officials said it did not appear that any of the material – which is considered hazardous – spilled from the railcars.