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Train with petcoke, chemicals derails in Houston

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Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:38pm EST

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Union Pacific Corp train derailed Monday, sending 16 carloads of petroleum coke off the tracks and spilling much of the cargo, a UP spokeswoman said.

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No one was hurt in the derailment late Monday morning on the south side of Houston, UP spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza said.

The train, which also carried polyethylene, ammonium nitrate and railroad wheels, was headed from Houston to San Antonio.

(Reporting by Bruce Nichols; Editing by Walter Bagley)
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