(The following appeared on the Des Moines Register website on October 29.)
DES MOINES, Iowa — No injuries or hazardous material spills were reported in a train derailment in Carroll County.
Union Pacific spokesman Gene Hinkle said 24 platform cars derailed about 7 a.m. Tuesday near Maple River Junction, about four miles west of Carroll.
Hinkle said the derailed platform cars haul big boxes loaded from ships and trucks. Hinkle said he didn’t immediately know whether the cars were carrying any boxes.