Sunday, May 19, 2024
39.0°F
(Courtesy photo)The scene of a BNSF Railway train derailment late Wednesday night. The derailment sent at least one car of the 113-car train into the water with the crew temporarily trapped before escaping the engine and sitting on the top before they were rescued.

Stories this photo appears in:

Train derails into the Kootenai River
January 2, 2020 6:58 p.m.

Train derails into the Kootenai River

BONNERS FERRY — A rockslide likely caused the derailment of a mile-long BNSF Railway train Wednesday night, sending an engine with its two-person crew plunging into the Kootenai River.