New Mexico Rail Line Open After Derailment

Authorities say a southern New Mexico rail line is back open following a train derailment.

Television station KOB-TV reports the derailment happened Tuesday night north of Las Cruces. It involved a freight train headed from Belen to El Paso, Texas.

No injuries were reported, and authorities say there were no spills of hazardous material.

A heavy equipment company was able to put the cars back on the track and the line was opened.

The cause of the derailment has not been determined.

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Information from: KOB-TV.

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