DAVENPORT, Iowa — Clean-up is under way after 21 cars of a CPKC train derailed Tuesday evening at Nahant Yard in Davenport, Iowa. A CPKC representative reports 21 cars derailed in a slow-speed incident; no injuries or spills of hazardous materials occured. Three cars involved were carrying liquid asphalt but did not leak any of their cargo. The cause of the derailment is under investigation, but preliminary findings indicate there were no mechanical issues with the rail equipment or track structure, and that signal systems were operating properly.
In addition, no trains appeared after 1459 on Tuesday, June 27 (a local move) until the 261 more than 11 hours later.
Explains why only three trains showed up on the Muscatine webcam on Wednesday, June 28. A 261 manifest passed northbound at 0214, then nothing until a southbound covered hopper train at 1629. A southbound manifest, probably a 260, appeared at 2007. No intermodals showed up all day.