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BNSF service resumes after derailment in North Dakota

By Trains Staff | July 18, 2022

| Last updated on February 23, 2024


Intermodal-train accident took both main lines out of service

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BNSF Railway logoPALERMO, N.D. — The second of two main lines on BNSF’s Glasgow Subdivision was slated to be reopened about 3 p.m. Sunday after a July 14 derailment involving an intermodal train at Tagus, N.D., near the town of Palermo and about 48 miles west of Minot.

BNSF said in a customer advisory that the first main was reopened at 5:09 a.m. on Saturday.

KMOT-TV reports 10 cars were involved in the derailment, which occurred about 4:20 p.m. No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were involved

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