(The following report appeared on the Billings Gazette website on January 9.)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Strong winds caused problems for trucks and other vehicles traveling through Wyoming on Monday.
Some trucks had to pull over on Interstate 25, and the Wyoming Department of Transportation shut down stretches of I-80 for a time because of ground blizzards and strong winds.
Union Pacific reported 36 cars of a 79-car train derailed about 3:40 p.m. Sunday at Rock River. Winds in the area were clocked at up to 87 mph.
There were no injuries and UP reopened one line Monday afternoon and expected to have the entire line open Monday night, according to company spokesman James Barnes.
The train was traveling from Illinois to California.
Barnes said the cause of the derailment was under investigation.