WYANDOTTE, Okla. — An estimated 20 cars of a BNSF Railway train derailed Saturday (April 13) in Wyandotte, blocking the railroad’s main line on the Cherokee Subdivision, the route between Springfield, Mo., and Tulsa, Okla.
KOAM-TV reports the derailment occurred about 7:40 p.m. and blocks Main Street and East 153rd Road in Wyandotte, a community of 488 people just 6 miles from the Missouri state line in the northeast corner of Oklahoma. No injuries were reported. The cars involved were carrying crossties.
A BNSF customer advisory reports the line was reopened to traffic at 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, April 14.
— Updated April 15 at 7:05 a.m. CT with line reopening.
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