High winds and a tornado are blamed for a pair of derailment in North Dakota on Friday and Saturday.
Thirty cars of a CPKC train were derailed on Friday, June 20, about three miles southeast of Enderlin, where a tornado killed three people. The Fargo Forum newspaper reports the storm was so destructive that authorities could not determine if the three victims were in their homes at the time the tornado struck. The storm left about 37,000 people without power; as of Sunday, 10,000 had not yet had electricity restored.
Enderlin is crew change point for CPKC, where its Carrington and Elbow Lake subdivisions meet. It is also about 40 miles southwest of Fargo, N.D.
Early Saturday, a large number of stored BNSF grain cars were blown off the tracks near Mayfield, N.D. WDAY Radio reports the incident occurred about 5 a.m.; a BNSF spokeswoman said the incident had no impact on mainline operations.
Mayville is at the end of a 30-mile branch line off BNSF’s Devils Lake Subdivision. It is approximately 30 miles south-southwest of Grand Forks, N.D. and 50 miles north-northwest of Fargo.
