No injuries in Kane Co. train derailment

An early morning train derailment near Plank Road in Burlington Tuesday closed some streets and rail crossings for most of the day, but no injuries or evacuations were needed.

Kane County Sheriff's Lt. Patrick Gengler said three cars of a Canadian National Railway cargo train came off the tracks about 3 a.m. An investigation of the cause is under way, but foul play is not suspected, Gengler said.

The three derailed carrying tanks of nonflammable refrigerated carbon dioxide left the rails as the train switched tracks, said Patrick Waldron, a Canadian National Railway spokesman. None of the material in the tanks leaked, Waldron said.

The 100-car train was headed to Chicago from Dubuque, Iowa.

Railway crossings and intersections at Burlington Road and Romke Road, Plank Road and Main Street, Plank Road and Engle Road, as well as Peplow Road and Ellithorpe Road were closed into the afternoon. Crews used a second engine to clear train cars from blocking crossings, Gengler said. All crossings were reopened about 4 p.m.

The Burlington Fire Department and the Kane County Office of Emergency Management assisted the Kane County Sheriff's Office at the scene.