Train derailment in southeast Nebraska closes road for short time
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A train derailment in Gage County on Monday shut down a road for a short time.
Just after 3 p.m., the Gage County Sheriff’s Office reported a derailment in Hoag, 3 miles west of Beatrice.
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad engine was traveling northeast along the tracks when the rear two cars of a 10-car train came off the tracks.
BNSF sent out crews to get the cars back on the tracks.
The only road affected by the derailment was Southwest 80th Road, a minimum maintenance road running south from West Hickory Road.
