A washout caused a train to derail in the Rangitīkei District last night.
KiwiRail executive general manager of operations Siva Sivapakkiam said a northbound freight train partially derailed on the North Island Main Trunk Line, just south of Hunterville, at about 11pm. No one was injured.
![One of the locomotives and about 12 wagons came off the track. Photo / Bevan Conley](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EINNRGMEM5A3YG7JEITK5GEEFI.jpg?auth=7e3c2b734f107ca310d648d89cdb9af1fd04ca0d56bc1280576cfe56549bc965&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
"One of the locomotives and about 12, mostly empty, wagons have come off the tracks.
"The second locomotive and a number of other wagons are still on the tracks.