From the El Paso Times
http://www.borderlandnews.com/updates/0226-derail.shtml
Borderland Thursday, February 26, 2004
Train derails in El Paso’s Lower Valley
Victor Calzada / El Paso Times
Several cars of a Union Pacific freight train could be seen sprawled along the tracks near Alameda and Ivey streets in El Paso’s Lower Valley Thursday.
By Gustavo Reveles Acosta
El Paso Times
A Thursday-morning Union Pacific derailment in the Lower Valley - the third train accident with El Paso ties in six days - left a pile of 26 freight cars in the backyard of a neighbor and knocked out power to businesses and homes around the area for several hours.
Officials still don’t know what caused the train to derail near the corner of Ives and Kathy streets at about 6 a.m. The Dallas-bound train had only two passengers and no injuries were reported.
Although some of the cargo was hazardous, the cars involved in the accident contained dry goods, a Union Pacific spokesman said.
Celia Morales was woken up by a loud bang behind her house, but it wasn’t until sunrise that she saw a mound of freight containers piled up like toy building blocks in her backyard.