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Train carrying Army vehicles derails
Posted: 11.24.2011 at 2:30 PM
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A train headed for Fort Carson derailed Thursday.  / FOX21: Mike Byrum
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Fort Carson officials said a train carrying military equipment and trucks derailed on B Street under Academy Boulevard in southern Colorado Springs Thursday morning.

The train was headed onto the Army base when two flatbed rail cars with military vehicles popped off the track at a switching point.

Officials with Fort Carson, The Colorado Springs Fire Department, the Colorado Springs Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff's Office responded.

No injuries were reported, and officials said there was no damage to the vehicles or the track.

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