TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A train derailed south of Topeka near Southwest Topeka Boulevard and Southeast 77th Street.
Lena Kent with BNSF told KSNT News the derailment was “very minor.” She said the derailment occurred around 7 p.m. Thursday night, and it took crews until this morning to respond due to muddy conditions.
The train was carrying vegetable products and corn meal, and no hazard was posed to those living in the area.
The train has since been placed back on the track, and an investigation into the derailment is ongoing.
The derailment comes after multiple recent reports of derailed trains in other parts of the nation and in Kansas. On Sunday, a Union Pacific train carrying denatured alcohol derailed in McPherson County. A week before another Union Pacific train derailed in Sumner County.
