(Photo courtesy RICH LITTLE)A BNSF train derailed Wednesday night due to a rockslide, knocking six cars including the engines off the track and sending one of the locomotive engines into the Kootenai River.
January 3, 2020
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January 3, 2020 3 a.m.
Rockslide likely caused BNSF derailment
BONNERS FERRY — A rockslide likely caused the derailment of a mile-long BNSF Railway train Wednesday night, sending an engine with its two-person crew plunging into the Kootenai River.