KENT, Texas — Approximately 33 cars of a Union Pacific manifest freight train derailed Friday in near the Culberson County community of Kent, KWES-TV reports.
The derailment occurred about 5 a.m., a UP representative told the station. No one was injured and no hazardous materials were involved.
The incident occurred near Interstate 10 about 40 miles east of Van Horn, Texas. Kent is on UP’s Toyah Subdivision, about 70 miles east of Sierra Blanca, Texas, where that subdivision joins UP’s Sunset Route. It is also about 52 miles west of Pecos, Texas, site of last year’s grade crossing collision that derailed a UP train, killing two crew members [see “UP train was traveling 68 mph …,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 20, 2024].
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