Gravel train derails on Watco line near Davenport

DAVENPORT — Twenty-two rail cars loaded with gravel went off the rails east of Davenport Saturday and overturned, spilling the gravel, but resulting in zero injuries.The train, operated by the Stillwater Central Railroad, a division of Watco, totalled 90 cars.Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Cody McDonnel said there was a small spill from one of the locomotive’s fuel tanks, but that…

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