Amtrak says the railroad tracks on which one of its locomotives derailed has been reopened for service at limited speeds.
Amtrak has identified the locomotive that derailed near a town in Washington state’s Pierce County as the Amtrak Cascades train, which runs between Vancouver, Canada, and Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, KOMO TV reports.
Amtrak says the train was carrying 267 passengers.
The company says in its statement that all passengers were evacuated and provided with alternate transportation, KOMO reports.
The Gig Harbor Police Department says one of its patrol boats is helping environment officials put in pollution-control booms to block fuel from the derailment from leaking into a nearby body of water.
Four cars of the Amtrak train, which was carrying around 200 passengers, derailed about 3 p.m. Sunday near the Chambers Bay golf course.
There is no word on the cause of the derailment.
Portions of an Amtrak passenger train have derailed near a town in Washington state’s Pierce County.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter that there appear to be only minor injuries from the waterfront derailment near the town of Steilacoom.
Four cars of the train, which was carrying around 200 passengers, derailed on Sunday afternoon near the Chambers Bay golf course.