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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Surveillance Video Shows Train Derailment In Davis - KTXL

Surveillance Video Shows Train Derailment In Davis - KTXL: "DAVIS - New surveillance video first broadcast by FOX40 News Wednesday morning shows what happened around 6pm Tuesday when a freight train carrying agricultural lime went off the tracks.

The train spilled approximately 50 pounds of lime, a non-hazardous substance used in construction, according to Davis fire officials.

Doug Walter, membership of the nearby Davis Food Co-Op, told FOX40 News the wheels from one side of a train car appears to be dangling 3-feet off the ground.

Officials with the Davis Fire Department first told FOX40 News they wouldn't likely have the train upright until midnight Thursday. As of 10:00am Thursday, three cars from the train were still off the tracks.

The derailment is not delaying commuter traffic, since the rail line accomodates freight only."