(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 27.)
GLAMIS, Calif. — A Union Pacific freight train derailed in this desert town near the California-Arizona border, disrupting Amtrak service that will affect about 1,000 passengers, some as far away as Florida, rail officials said.
No injuries were reported and no details of Wednesday’s derailment were immediately available, an Imperial County sheriff’s dispatcher said.
An after-hours call to a Union Pacific spokesman was not immediately returned.
The derailment forced Amtrak to cancel portions of its daily Texas Eagle line, which travels between Los Angeles and Chicago. Service on the line will be canceled west of San Antonio, the company said in a statement.
Services on the tri-weekly Sunset Limited line, which travels between Los Angeles and Orlando, were canceled along the entire route.
The railroad was expected to reopen Friday.
Glamis is 150 miles east of San Diego.