CARSON, Calif. — No injuries were reported when four locomotives and five cars of a Union Pacific train derailed today (Monday, Dec. 23) on the Alameda Corridor route connecting UP and BNSF Railway to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The derailment occurred about 1 p.m. near the intersection of Carson and Alameda streets. Union Pacific said in a statement to KCBS-TV that access to the ports is current blocked “while crews repair tracks and prepare to put railcars and locomotives back onto rail.” No hazardous material spill was reported.
The route handles about 28 trains and 12,300 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) daily, according to the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority.
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