Dec 13, 2008 12:16 am US/Pacific
Los Gatos Winchester Blvd. Opens After Derailment
LOS GATOS (CBS 5 / KCBS / BCN) ―
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Empty cars of a freight train straddle across Winchester Blvd. in Los Gatos after derailing Friday.
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Winchester Boulevard in Los Gatos was clear around 5:30 p.m. Friday, following an earlier train derailment that blocked part of the street for about five hours and affected the afternoon commute, a Union Pacific spokeswoman said.
The Union Pacific train, which consisted of two locomotives carrying empty gravel cars, derailed at about 12:45 p.m. at Winchester Boulevard between state Highway 85 and Lark Avenue.
The train, which consisted of two engines and 11 cars, derailed as it was veering left at a curve, according Los Gatos police Sgt. Randy Rimple.
The wheels of the engine cars came off the tracks, causing the three cars behind to partially derail, Rimple said.
No injuries were reported, according to Union Pacific spokeswoman Zoe Richmond.
"All things considered this was a very, very minor derailment," said Richmond, who acknowledged the greatest impact of the train derailment was on the afternoon commute.
She said Union Pacific crews worked with the city and managed to re-rail one of the locomotives around 5:30 p.m., clearing up Winchester
Boulevard. Crews remained in the area around 10 p.m., working on re-railing the train's second locomotive, according to Richmond.
Commuter trains were not affected by the derailment, Richmond said.
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