The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia

December 5, 2009

Tracks reopen after loaded coal train derailment


SHARON — Train tracks reopened Saturday after a loaded CSX coal train derailed Friday night in Kanawha County.

One car overturned and 13 others came off the tracks around 8 p.m. Friday, closing the tracks overnight. No injuries were reported.

A Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher said the tracks and all crossings reopened by 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

A call to CSX to was not immediately returned Saturday.