No injuries as train derails in Moorhead
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MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) -- A couple blocks in Moorhead are closed after a train carrying corn went off the tracks.
The Moorhead Police Department says the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train derailed shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday along 1st Avenue North. The train was heading into Fargo, N.D.
About 25 cars derailed. Intersections along 1st Avenue North were blocked for about an hour, and 1st Avenue North remains closed Sunday between 7th Street and 3rd Street for cleanup.
Police say there were no injuries and damage was limited to the BNSF property.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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