(KMZA)--No word yet on what caused a Union Pacific Train to derail while crossing through the Marshall County community of Frankfort Monday morning.
Union Pacific Spokesman Mark Davis says it remains undetermined why 12 cars from the 137-car train, hauling coal from Wyoming to an electric utility in Texas, derailed.
Davis says there were no injuries, and the clean-up effort is underway. “The heavy equipment arrived around the noon hour, and they will be working through the rest of today and through the night to not only move those 12 cars away from the railroad right of way, but also begin repairing any track that was damaged as a result of the derailment,” Davis tells MSC News. “We know they're going to have to replace at least 1,000 feet of track in that area that was damaged.”
Davis says it remains unknown how long it will take before the line will be reopened to railroad traffic.
The Kansas Department of Transportation said all lanes of Kansas 9 were closed after the derailment from the K-44 junction at Blue Rapids to the K-99 junction south of Frankfort . Kansas 99 reopened after being closed briefly, but as of 2:45 Monday afternoon, K-9 remained closed.
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