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Police and fire crews responded Wednesday to a second derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in Richmond this week.

At about 7:15 a.m., a southbound train consisting of 24 cars and two locomotives derailed near the 3300 block of Williamsburg Avenue in the East End near Rocketts Landing, according to Rachel McDonnell Bradshaw, a Norfolk Southern spokeswoman.

The train was en route to a rail yard in Richmond.

“Preliminary reports indicate that six cars derailed, including one empty tank car and five covered hopper cars transporting wheat,” Bradshaw said in an email. “All of the cars remain upright, and no products were released.”

No one was injured. Bradshaw said the cause of the derailment is under investigation, as is the cause of Monday’s derailment in South Richmond.

“Passenger trains do not operate on the line in which these incidents occurred,” she added.

“Norfolk Southern has a rigorous track maintenance and inspection program that fully complies with our requirements for inspection by the Federal Railroad Administration,” Bradshaw said. “NS also invests close to $1 billion annually to maintain our track and rail infrastructure across our 22-state rail network.”