‘Monster moose’ derails train

Service on Norway's northern train line (Nordlandsbanen) wasn't expected to resume until Wednesday afternoon at the earliest, after a train collided with a moose and derailed.

The train, designed to carry loads of iron ore derailed after it hit the moose on the tracks Monday evening.

"It must have been a monster moose," said Harry Korslund of the agency in charge of the rails, Jernbaneverket.

"It all depends, of couse, on how the train hit the moose, but in this case it was enough that it derailed."