Canadian National cleaning up 27-car iron ore derailment
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — The Canadian National Railway Co. is hoping to finish cleaning up and repairing a western Pennsylvania line nearly two days after 27 cars carrying iron ore derailed.
The cars, which were part of a 71-car freight train, derailed about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in Center Township, Butler County. The accident scene, near Route 308, is about 35 miles north of Pittsburgh.
Railroad spokesman Patrick Waldron says the railroad hoped to reopen the tracks Friday afternoon, provided the cars and spilled cargo could be removed and the tracks repaired by that time.
Waldron says nobody was hurt and no hazardous materials spilled.
The train was traveling from Conneaut, Ohio to Pittsburgh. The railroad tracks are used only by freight trains.