BNSF train partially derails in east Houston, Texas

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  Photo By Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle 
   
  Workers with Union Pacific try to get a derailed train back on its tracks at Harrisburg Boulevard and Hughes Street on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in Houston. Union Pacific said the locomotive and six rail cars went off the track, but remained upright. The rail company says the rail cars were carrying plastic products and did not spill.

• JUNE 24, 2015

  EAST HOUSTON, TEXAS

There were no injuries this afternoon when a locomotive and a handful of cars went off the track in east Houston, authorities said.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train partially derailed about 1:30 p.m. 
Wednesday near Harrisburg and Hughes on Union Pacific track. The locomotive and six cars remained upright, railroad officials said.

The cars were carrying plastic pellets. There were no spills, Union Pacific officials said.

Workers are now trying to get the engine and the railroad cars back on the track.

The investigation into the cause of the derailment and any repair work will begin after that, officials said.
Source: Houston Chronicle