No one was injured Tuesday afternoon when an Amtrak train carrying 90 people derailed in Hot Spring County, an Amtrak spokesman said.
Train 21, which travels daily from Chicago to San Antonio, was delayed at 12:30 p.m. near Perla when one set of wheels lost contact with the tracks as it approached a side track, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said.
The first two cars made the switch from the main track, but the third passenger car derailed in an upright position, said Jeff DeGraff, a spokesman for Union Pacific, which owns the tracks.
Magliari said the plan is to cut away from the disabled car and reassemble the train before continuing to San Antonio. Shuttle buses will transport passengers to their final destination if that can't be completed, he said.
Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.