BURGESS, Mo. — No injuries were reported after a CPKC grain train was involved in a low-speed collision with a stationary train near the Kansas/Missouri state line on Friday morning (Jan. 30)
Missouri State Rep. Ann Kelley wrote in a Facebook post that the collision occurred about 8:30 a.m. Friday in a rural area north of Burgess, an unincorporated community across the state line from Mulberry, Kan.
One locomotive and a hopper derailed on the grain train, as did two tank cars on the stationary train. Those tank cars were carrying a form of bitumen that is similar to asphalt and is not a hazardous material, Kelley wrote. She said that CPKC, the Missouri Department of Transportation, and the Federal Railroad Administration were working together to address the incident.
KOAM-TV reports CPKC contractors were on the scene beginning cleanup as of Friday afternoon. The station has photos of the incident on its website.
Mulberry is about 118 miles south of Kansas City on CPKC’s Pittsburg subdivision, and about 36 miles north of Joplin, Mo.
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