Freight train derailment closes line in northern Montana

CULBERTSON (AP) — Nine cars near the end of a 116-car freight train derailed in northeastern Montana, delaying freight traffic and disrupting Amtrak service between Seattle and St. Paul, Minnesota.

BNSF Railway spokesman Matt Jones says the cars went off the tracks near Culbertson, in Roosevelt County, at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Some cars contained mixed cargo and others were empty hazmat cars. Jones says they remained upright and no injuries occurred, but about a mile of track was damaged.

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said passengers on the Empire Builder were being bused between Wo...