Derailment shuts down tracks

Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown

A worker inspects a derailed and damanged BNSF grain car near Lohman this morning.

A derailed grain train in western Blaine County has shut down the busiest rail line in Montana, with the company operating the train saying the derailment is likely to shut down traffic — including Amtrak — through at least midnight tonight.

At the site this morning, the ditch along the tracks was filled with deep thick mud that a BNSF Railway official said was causing some difficulty, but added that the BNSF workers were used to it and getting the job done.

About a half-dozen cars...