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Photos: Union Pacific train derailed north of Tucson
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Photos: Union Pacific train derailed north of Tucson

  • Jul 11, 2018
  • Jul 11, 2018 Updated Aug 28, 2018

A Union Pacific train derailed east of I-10, north of Twin Peaks Road in Marana on July 10, 2018, in the midst of a heavy monsoon downpour and flooding. No reports of injuries. 

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Crews work on the cleanup of Tuesday's Union Pacific derailment north of Twin Peaks Rd on July 11, 2018

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Piles of product lies alongside fallen train cars at the cleanup of Tuesday's Union Pacific derailment north of Twin Peaks Rd on July 11, 2018.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

A crane lifts pre-fabricated rail sections onto the track bed during the cleanup of Tuesday's Union Pacific derailment north of Twin Peaks Rd on July 11, 2018.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Crews work on the cleanup of Tuesday's Union Pacific derailment north of Twin Peaks Rd on July 11, 2018.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

A crane lifts pre-fabricated rail sections onto the track bed behind train car debris during the cleanup of Tuesday's Union Pacific derailment north of Twin Peaks Rd on July 11, 2018.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Packages litter the area around the fallen shipping cars during on the cleanup of Tuesday's Union Pacific derailment north of Twin Peaks Rd on July 11, 2018.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Union Pacific train derailment in Marana

Workers sort through packages being pulled from overturned cars during the cleanup of Tuesday's Union Pacific derailment north of Twin Peaks Rd on July 11, 2018.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Train derailment

Train derailment

Union Pacific train derailment on the east side of I-10 just north of Twin Peaks Road in Marana on July 10, 2018.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Train derailment

Train derailment

Union Pacific train derailment on the east side of I-10 just north of Twin Peaks Road in Marana on July 10, 2018.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Train derailment

Train derailment

An empty flatbed car on a bridge over a ditch filled with run-off following a train derailment just north of the Twin Peaks exit on I-10, Tuesday July 10, 2018.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Train derailment

Train derailment

Several cars of an east bound train that derailed just north of the Twin Peaks exit on I-10, Tuesday July 10, 2018.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Train derailment

Train derailment

Several cars askew but still attached to the front part of a train that lost several cars near the rear of the train to derail just north of the Twin Peaks exit on I-10, Tuesday July 10, 2018.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Train derailment

Train derailment

Several cars and debris from an east bound train derailment just north of the Twin Peaks exit on I-10, Tuesday July 10, 2018.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Train derailment

Train derailment

Several cars lie in a rain filled ditch, the rear portion of a train derailment just north of the Twin Peaks exit on I-10, Tuesday July 10, 2018.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Derailment

Derailment

Several partially clinging to the tracks and still attached to the lead train, part of a derailment just north of the Twin Peaks exit on I-10, Tuesday July 10, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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