BONNERS FERRY, Idaho (AP) - The tracks in northern Idaho have reopened after a train derailment on Wednesday stranded locomotives and caused fuel spills in a river.
BNSF Railway spokesman Gus Melonas said the tracks reopened Saturday afternoon after three locomotives and six rail cars derailed in the remote area 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Bonners Ferry on the main line.
No one was injured.
Melonas said crews are still trying to determine how to remove the two locomotives that are still at the scene, including one on the banks and another in the water of the Kootenai River.
Melonas said the derailment was caused by a rock slide. The only access to the area is by train or boat, he said.
Forty trains use the track daily including company freights and Amtrak passenger trains traveling between Seattle and Chicago, Melonas said.
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