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Mar 16, 2020

SW Chief delayed by derailment

Posted Mar 16, 2020 7:27 PM

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Amtrak’s SW Chief was snagged up in a derailment in Colorado Sunday evening making for a very late arrival in Hutchinson  Monday.

According to Andy Williams with BNSF two locomotives and two cars of a freight train left the tracks around 5:45 p.m. near Lamar, Colorado. The tracks are expected to reopen by late this evening.

The eastbound SW Chief got to Hutchinson about nine hours late.