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The 2015 Mount Carbon train derailment refers to a derailment in Mount Carbon, West Virginia, on February 16, 2015, which involved a CSX Transportation train hauling 107 tank cars of crude oil from North Dakota to Virginia. [3] It resulted in a large oil spill that caught fire with several subsequent large, violent fireball eruptions.
The train rolled out of the yard and began a 65-mile (105 km) journey south through northwest Ohio unmanned. Attempts to derail the train using a portable derailer failed; the portable derailer was thrown off the track by the force of the train when struck. Police officers tried to starve the engine of diesel fuel and shut it down by shooting ...
The derailment occurred on Wednesday north of Livingston, a town of about 200 people, and involved 16 cars, including two carrying molten sulfur that spilled some of their load. CSX teams ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving CSX Transportation" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... 2015 Mount Carbon train ...
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court alleges negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and ensuing chemical fire that forced residents of a small Kentucky town out of their ...
Video and photos from the scene show the blue and yellow CSX train jumped the tracks before running through a fence and crashing into a home.
On July 2, 2015, a CSX Transportation freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed at Maryville, Tennessee. The train was traveling from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Waycross, Georgia. [2] It comprised two locomotives and 57 freight cars, [3] at least two of which were carrying acrylonitrile. [2] Other railcars in the consist were carrying LPG. [4]
"The CSX train blocking Maplewood Avenue has been remounted to the track, the intersection is clear, and traffic is back to normal." UPDATE: Derailed CSX train removed. Maplewood Ave. in ...