CALIENTE, Calif. — About 15 cars of a Union Pacific train derailed on Tehachapi Pass today (Tuesday, Feb. 18), blocking traffic on the busy route shared by UP and BNSF Railway.
KBAK-TV reports the Kern County Fire Department was called to the derailment about 9:29 a.m. on Caliente-Bodfish Road, 2 miles north of State Route 58 in Caliente. No injuries were reported and no leaks were involved; the fire department said it was told by the railroad the tank cars involved had been empty for some time.
BNSF Railway says in a customer advisory that it and UP both responded to the incident, and that the estimated time to reopen the line is about midnight PT tonight.
Caliente, on UP’s Mojave Subdivision, is about 25 miles from Bakersfield and 25 miles from Tehachapi.
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