BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A landslide was blocking a BNSF Railway freight line in eastern Montana on Friday.
The slide happened at about 10 p.m. Wednesday about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Miles City, BNSF Railway spokeswoman Maia LaSalle said.
Dirt covered about 800 feet (244 meters) of railway that runs along the Yellowstone River. Crews were still working Friday to clear the tracks, however the slide activity has not been stabilized, LaSalle said.
Freight traffic was being re-routed around the blockage on Montana Rail Link tracks.
The track that is blocked is part of a path that connects trains from North and South Dakota to southern routes through the Powder River region into Wyoming, The Billings Gazette reports.
No trains were in the area at the time of the slide and no injuries have been reported, BNSF said.
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