December 15, 2009 Valley Herald
ANACORTES — Six tanker cars filled with liquefied petroleum gas on an 18-car train serving industry derailed Monday night on March Point. No injuries or fuel leaks were reported, according to railroad officials. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad crews were working Tuesday to right the six tanker cars, which were tilted at an angle, fallen on their sides or flipped on their tops, said Gus Melonas, railway spokesman. The tanker cars worked as designed, preventing fuel leaks, he said. Liquefied petroleum gas is a mixture of propane and butane. The 18-car train was traveling at a slow rate of speed, and the derailment occurred at the point where the railroad tracks join tracks owned by the refineries.
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