KTIV NewsChannel 4 Sioux City IA: News, Weather and SportsAxle failure may have caused Iowa train derailment
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Associated Press - April 21, 2009 9:14 AM ET
MOSCOW, Iowa (AP) - Officials with the Iowa Interstate Railroad say an axle failure may have caused a derailment near Moscow in eastern Iowa last weekend.
Twenty-six cars went off the tracks about 12:45 p.m. on Sunday. No one was injured.
Railroad spokesman Mick Burkart says 13 of the cars were empty, while the rest were carrying soybeans. He says a total of about 650 tons of soybeans spilled in the accident.
The tracks were expected to open late Monday afternoon.
A telephone call to the railroad on Tuesday was not immediately returned.
Information from: Muscatine Journal, http://www.muscatinejournal.com
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