The Clarion-Ledger

Zoo train derailed after Jackson City Council cancels contract

The Jackson City Council has voted to end its contract with the company that operates the train ride at the Jackson Zoo. City officials claim the company failed to make required repairs and let its ...
AOL

The zoo train's last steam engine is leaving soon. Here's when you can ride behind it

Earlier this year, the Milwaukee County Zoo announced that the popular zoo train's two steam locomotive engines would be retired and replaced by custom-built diesel engines. No changes have been made ...
KCCI Des Moines

Blank Park Zoo now says injuries have been reported after train's 'minor derailment'

TEMPERATURES. I’M HERE FOR IT. THANK YOU. WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT’S BLANK PARK ZOO TRAIN RIDE DERAILMENT. ZOO OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE LEARNED OF A FEW INJURIES.
Des Moines Register

'Minor' train derailment at Blank Park Zoo caused three minor injuries, zoo now confirms

(This story has been updated to add new information and video.) One Blank Park Zoo tourist train clipped the back of another train at 7 p.m. Friday during the zoo's annual Halloween Zoo Brew event, ...