STEILACOOM — Portions of an Amtrak passenger train derailed Sunday near a town in Washington state’s Pierce County.
There appear to be only minor injuries from the waterfront derailment of the Amtrak Cascades train near the town of Steilacoom, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter. The train runs between Vancouver, Canada, and Eugene-Springfield, Oregon.
The locomotive and the baggage car derailed around 2:30 p.m., Amtrak said. Several people suffered minor injuries, Amtrak said in its statement.
The train, which was carrying 267 passengers, derailed near the Chambers Bay golf course, which was the site of the 2015 U.S. Open.