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blue neen

(12,308 posts)
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 07:16 PM Feb 2014

Train Carrying Crude Oil Derails in Vandergrift, PA

"Twenty-one cars of a freight train hauling oil and gas derailed this morning in Vandergrift, striking a building that houses a specialty metals firm, authorities said. No one was injured."

"Hazmat crews responded to MSI Corp. in the 200 block of First Street in Vandergrift, and the state Department of Environmental Protection was sending a three-member emergency response team after reports that oil was leaking from overturned cars."

"The 120-car Norfolk Southern Railway train with three locomotives was headed east around 8 a.m. when it derailed. Nineteen of the 21 derailed cars overturned."

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"Norfolk Southern spokesman Dave Pidgeon said 19 of the derailed cars were carrying a type of crude oil that is thick enough to be lifted with a shovel. An undetermined amount leaked from three cars but was contained before it entered any water source, he said. The leaks were stopped. Two other derailed cars had liquid propane."

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/westmoreland/2014/02/13/Train-carrying-crude-oil-derails-in-Vandergrift/stories/201402130275#ixzz2tFMf3LnX

It's miraculous that no one was injured.

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Train Carrying Crude Oil Derails in Vandergrift, PA (Original Post) blue neen Feb 2014 OP
Updated news: blue neen Feb 2014 #1
Effects PADEMLeftie Feb 2014 #2
Yes, blue neen Feb 2014 #3
Thanks PADEMLeftie Feb 2014 #4

blue neen

(12,308 posts)
1. Updated news:
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 07:31 PM
Feb 2014

"A 120-car Norfolk Southern Corp train carrying heavy Canadian crude oil derailed and spilled in western Pennsylvania on Thursday, adding to a string of recent accidents that have prompted calls for stronger safety standards."

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"Nineteen of the derailed cars were carrying oil, four of which spilled between 3,000 and 4,000 gallons of oil, Norfolk Southern said. The leaks have since been plugged. The two other derailed tank cars held liquefied petroleum gas."

"The train, which originated in Chicago, was destined for an asphalt plant in Paulsboro, New Jersey, owned by NuStar, a NuStar spokeswoman said."

"The clean-up was under way on Thursday as a heavy winter storm gathered pace, leaving about 4 inches of snow on the ground by midday Thursday. An investigator from the Federal Railroad Administration was en route to the scene, the railroad regulator said."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/13/us-energy-crude-derailment-idUSBREA1C13120140213

What is not being reported is that this train came perilously close to derailing in a heavily populated residential area.

PADEMLeftie

(11 posts)
2. Effects
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 12:27 AM
Feb 2014

These stories are going to keep popping up. Even though a transportation package was passed it should have been double the amount. Our infrastructure is embarrassing and dangerous.

blue neen

(12,308 posts)
3. Yes,
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 11:46 AM
Feb 2014

and we've been paying more in gasoline taxes since January 1-----for what? The potholes in the roads are close to being sink holes.

The gasoline taxes will go up again in 2015 AND in 2017! Meanwhile, the frackers, who are tearing up some of these roads, aren't paying any taxes.

It's infuriating.

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