93 Canadian National Train Cars Derailed In Two Harbors
December 6, 2013 10:04 AM
TWO HARBORS, Minn. (AP) — Canadian National is investigating what caused a train loaded with iron ore pellets to derail in Two Harbors.
CN spokesman Patrick Waldron says 76 of 107 train cars piled up in a rail yard Thursday afternoon. In addition, Waldon says another 17 cars loaded with pellets parked on an adjacent track were hit and derailed.
Two of four workers on the train were injured and taken from the scene by ambulance. Waldron says their injuries appear to be minor.
He says heavy equipment has been brought in to clear the tracks in the CN rail yard.
A Canadian National Railway train filled with iron ore pellets from the Iron Range derailed in Two Harbors early Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 and two injuries were reported The accident occurred at 1:14 p.m. on a bend in the tracks between Northshore Manufacturing and Two Harbors Lumber on Fourth Avenue in Two Harbors in an area that is considered the CN train yard. Photo: Clint Austin, AP
