Derailment and propane fire in Plattsmouth Nebraska. - Trains Magazine

Derailment and propane fire in Plattsmouth Nebraska.

At around 3:30 PM Today a BNSF coal train derailed near in Plattsmouth Nebraska. Plattsmouth is just south of Omaha. 28 of the 128 cars jumped the tracks.

Several of the cars landed on top of a trailer home. Three small children and the parents escaped without being harmed. The cars hit a propane tank near the house, engulfing it in flames. Surprisingly, Nobody was injured.

BNSF has not yet been able to determine the cause of the derailment. I think that it is simply amazing that those girls and their parents escaped without harm! I have actually train-watched quite near to where the train derailed. It's very surprising that a derailment of that magnitude didn't injure a single person.