TEMPLETON, Iowa — Cleanup continues after a BNSF train derailed Thursday, March 6, in west-central Iowa, WOI and KCWI-TV report.
The derailment occurred about 3:24 p.m. near Templeton. Video on the stations’ website shows heavy equipment working in deep snow around three locomotives; no information was available on the number of railcars involved, but BNSF told the station that no one was injured.
A updated BNSF customer advisory posted today (March 7) indicates the line was reopened at 7:58 p.m. CT. Templeton is on BNSF’s Bayard Subdivision, a 100-mile branch line running northeast from Council Bluffs to Bayard, Iowa. The derailment site is approximately 22 miles from Bayard.
— Updated March 8 at 7:45 a.m. CT with reopening of line.
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