Over 20,000 pounds of toxic soil from the site of the East Palestine train derailment spilled onto a roadway after a truck transporting the material to a waste facility overturned.
This year alone, train derailments have been recorded in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Alabama, Minnesota, North Dakota, Kansas, Washington and Arizona.This photo provided by the Washington Department of Ecology shows a derailed BNSF train on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes, Wash., on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
"There were no reported injuries to the crew, no hazardous materials involved, no leaks or spills of any freight and no impacts to the environment," railway operator CSX said in a statement."CSX personnel are responding as the incident occurred on a line jointly owned with Norfolk Southern." "During the derailment, the locomotive rolled onto its side and as a result spilled some diesel fuel and engine oil," the railroad said Sunday."Norfolk Southern crews have responded and have been working through the night on cleanup, and all of the involved cars have been cleared from the track."
Authorities say a train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed on March 30 in Raymond, Minnesota. The train had 22 cars derail, including about 10 that were carrying ethanol.Canadian Pacific spokesperson Andy Cummings said 31 of the 70 cars on the train derailed. He said four of the cars were carrying liquid asphalt and two were filled withAnother car carrying propylene was punctured and released some vapor, Cummings said.
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