One monitor of the principle line close to Des Lacs, about 14 miles west of Minot, N.D., reopened on Saturday at 5:25 a.m. CST; the second monitor reopened at 6:34 p.m.
The route had been blocked by a derailment of an intermodal prepare at 3:36 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24 [see “BNSF main line shut down …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 24, 2023]. KMOT-TV reviews seven automobiles carrying 16 to 17 containers have been concerned, a revision of the preliminary estimate from the Burlington Rural Hearth Division. Two locomotives additionally derailed. The station says one other derailment occurred lower than a mile away final Might.