This is reported by the Associated Press, citing data from the authorities and the media.
The accident occurred about 1.6 km from Joplin, a city with a population of about 200 people.
According to eyewitnesses, the train incident provoked a number of road accidents - several cars overturned.
Rescuers went to the scene.
In August, in the Kemerovo Region, 11 freight cars with coal, owned by the Severny Kuzbass Coal Company JSC, went off the rails.
The incident occurred on the non-public tracks of the Zaboyshchik station in the Berezovsky urban district of the Kemerovo region.
There are no casualties.