(Radio Iowa) – A woman from the small town of Hinton in northwest Iowa was arrested early Friday morning on the freight train she’d climbed aboard in Sioux City. The Sioux County sheriff says 46-year-old Shannon Heckler called 911 to report that she was riding on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train car that was north of Sioux Center.

Heckler said she climbed on the train in Sioux City, in an attempt to get to her home in Hinton. Hinton is between Sioux City and Sioux Center.

Sioux County Sheriff’s Office photo of Shannon Heckler

Sioux County officials contacted the railroad and the train’s crew stopped the train near Sioux Center. Officers found Heckler, she was taken to the Sioux County Jail and charged with public intoxication and trespassing.