Train malfunction causes traffic delays in midtown Sacramento
LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. BIG FREIGHT TRAIN IS MESSING UP TRAFFIC ACROSS MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO. IT IS STOPPED RIGHT NOW ON THE TRACKS. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I’M KURTIS MING AND I’M ANDREA FLORES. WE KNOW AT LEAST A DOZEN RAILROAD CROSSINGS ARE BLOCKED RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A HUGE STRETCH THROUGH MIDTOWN FROM E TO P STREETS. KCRA 3’S. CECIL. HANNIBAL JUST GOT TO THE SCENE. SO, CECIL, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OUT THERE? YEAH, GUYS, A HUGE STRETCH OF MIDTOWN IS BEING AFFECTED RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO STEP TO THE SIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE TRAIN THAT IS NOW AFFECTING TRAFFIC. RIGHT NOW WE’RE HERE ON P AND 20TH STREET. THAT’S WHERE WE CAME TO WHERE WE SAW THAT. YEAH. THIS TRAIN HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED. WE TALKED TO SACRAMENTO, REACHED OUT TO SACRAMENTO POLICE AND THEY SAID WE HAVE TO CONTACT PACIFIC UNION TO TRY TO GET SOME INFORMATION. BUT WHAT THEY’RE TELLING US IS, IS THAT IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRAIN, OF COURSE. AND WE’VE BEEN SEEING. ACTUALLY, I STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR. THE FIRST THING I HEARD WAS A SACRAMENTO POLICE OFFICER SAY, HEY, TURN LEFT, TURN RIGHT, DO NOT GO STRAIGHT. SOME CARS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN BACKING UP. BACK TO THE STREET TO TRY TO NOT. THEY DON’T WANT TO WAIT FOR THIS ANYMORE. RIGHT. BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS LIVE SHOT OF ACTUALLY THE OTHER SIDE OF WHERE THIS IS ALL HAPPENING. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS OUR PHOTOGRAPHER, TYLER DE, WHO’S OVER NEAR E STREET. SO YEAH, I’M ON P STREET. THIS STRETCHES ALL THE WAY TO E STREET. THAT IS HOW FAR THIS TRAIN IS BLOCKING INTERSECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, AFFECTING TRAFFIC. RIGHT NOW WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHY THIS TRAIN HAS COME TO A STOP, BUT WE’RE TOLD FROM SACRAMENTO POLICE TO EXPECT IT TO LAST FOR PROBABLY QUITE SOME TIME. SO IF YOU’RE IN MIDTOWN, IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR THIS EVENING, HEY, JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS A TRAIN THAT HAS STOPPED AND IS BLOCKING MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE WAYS AROUND, BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND IT’S REALLY A BIG ISSUE FOR TRAFFIC HERE IN MIDTOWN, BUT WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHY THIS TRAIN HAS COME TO A STOP AND WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING. BUT AGAIN, SACRAMENTO POLICE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO AVOID COMING UP AND STOPPING AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. THAT’S WHAT WE HEARD FROM OVER THE INTERCOM OF POLICE OFFICERS CRUISER. JUST MAYBE TEN, 15 MINUTES AGO. SO YEAH, GUYS, RIGHT NOW THIS TRAIN CAUSING ISSUES THROUGH A BIG STRETCH OF MIDTOWN IN MIDTOWN. SACRAMENTO, CECIL, HANNIBAL, KCRA 3 NEWS CECIL. SOME PEOPLE WONDERED IF IT WAS A CRASH, BUT WE ARE HEARING IT IS A MECHANICAL ISSUE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THIS BREAKING NEWS DEVELOPS TO FIND OUT WHEN THI
Train malfunction causes traffic delays in midtown Sacramento
Updated: 11:10 PM PDT Apr 8, 2026
A freight train is blocking several roadways in midtown Sacramento on Wednesday night due to a malfunction. Railroad crossings are blocked from E Street to P street with the railroad tracks along 2oth Street. KCRA 3 crews on both ends of the closure are working to gather more information. The Sacramento Police Department said it is a Union Pacific Railroad train that is stuck. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A freight train is blocking several roadways in midtown Sacramento on Wednesday night due to a malfunction.
Railroad crossings are blocked from E Street to P street with the railroad tracks along 2oth Street.
KCRA 3 crews on both ends of the closure are working to gather more information.
The Sacramento Police Department said it is a Union Pacific Railroad train that is stuck.
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