SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - Workers are cleaning up after a train derailed in downtown Suffolk, spilling coal.
Local media report dump trucks and other heavy equipment lined the area Sunday morning as crews worked to remove damaged cars and haul away debris.
No injuries were reported in the derailment a day earlier. Suffolk, about 20 miles west of Norfolk, has said it expects cleanup efforts and track repairs to be extensive. A warehouse building was damaged by coal that spilled from the train, and a home and car also had windows broken by coal or coal debris.
Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Susan Terpay says the train was comprised of 161 coal cars and the company estimates 44 railcars derailed.
The train was headed to Norfolk and the coal was to be exported.
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