GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Thirteen cars from an empty BNSF coal train have derailed in a switching yard in Great Falls.
BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas says the derailment happened at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday while the train was traveling at a speed of less than 2 mph. Eleven of the cars were on their sides, but Melonas says damage was minimal. No one was injured.
The cars were being re-railed and Melonas says the company hoped to have the line reopened Thursday afternoon.
The empty coal train was traveling from Canada to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.