It will take at least a week — maybe two — for wreckage from a Union Pacific train derailment to be cleared from tracks about five miles south of Moran, a company spokesman said today.
The freight train was en route from Kansas City to Fort Worth, Texas, when the derailment occurred about 4 a.m. Monday. The cause of the derailment remains under investigation. The train had two crew members, its engineer and conductor. Neither was injured.
A 23-mile stretch of U.S. 59, from Moran to the highway’s intersection with K-23, will remain closed until sometime…
Train cleanup proceeds
