Paulsboro: A freight train derailed on Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said. Members of the National Transportation Safety Board arrived in New Jersey on Friday afternoon to investigate. They will try to determine whether the derailment was caused by a problem with the bridge or if the derailment was to blame for the bridge's partial collapse.
A delicate operation lies ahead, as a huge crane was being brought from New York Harbor to pick up the dangling tanker cars. The accident happened just after 7 am when a train with two locomotives, 83 freight cars and a caboose made its way from Camden to the industrial town of Paulsboro, just across the river from Philadelphia International Airport.
Cars from a train operated by CSX went off the rails on a swing-style bridge, owned by Conrail, over Mantua Creek. Seven cars derailed, including two box cars on stable ground and five on the bridge. NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman said four tankers were partially in the creek.
One tanker containing 25,000 gallons of vinyl chloride was sliced open in the accident and some of the gas spewed into the air, while the rest turned into a solid and settled into the bottom of the tanker. People who live nearby said the air was smoky in the morning. Doug Ricotta was working
08:35 AM, Dec 01, 2012
Kanpur: The engine of the Shramshakti Express derailed on Saturday morning in a yard near Kanpur station, disrupting train traffic on the Jhansi-Banda route. No passenger was injured in the derailment. The incident took place at 6 am when the train was coming to Kanpur from Delhi and halted at Juhi Yard just near the main station. As soon as the train started from Juhi Yard, the engine of the...
03:21 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Burlington (Canada): The mayor of Burlington, Ontario says three people are dead after a Canadian Via Rail passenger train derailed in his town Mayor Rick Goldring says emergency crews are working to pull other passengers from the wreckage and at least one air ambulance is on standby. Via Rail spokeswoman Michelle Lamarche said 75 people were on board the train travelling from Niagara Falls to Toronto, when it derailed on...
08:34 AM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: One bogie and engine of the Kirandul-Vishakhapatnam passenger train got derailed at Chhatisgarh's Naxal-affected Dantewada district on Thursday. The incident happened at around 0600 hours, 45 minutes after it left Kirandul railway station. It was approaching Bhansi railway station. No casualties have been reported yet. Additional police force and relief train have been rushed to the spot. Railway officials have also reached the spot and repair work is...
12:03 PM, Sep 23, 2010
Kolkata: Howrah-bound Rajdhani Express derailed in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Monday. Passengers of the Rajdhani Express escaped unhurt when two coaches derailed at a Railway station in Hooghly. The incident happened at 9.20 am on Monday morning. The express was at a slow speed while it was passing platform number three of the Baruipara station and switching onto another track, around 50 km from Howrah, when two front wheels...
11:07 AM, Aug 30, 2010
The arrested person, Bholanath Mahato, is reportedly a member of the Maoist-backed PCPA. ...
12:10 PM, Jun 19, 2010
The West Bengal government has ruled out a CBI inquiry into the May 28 train disaster that claimed 148 lives. ...
06:20 PM, May 31, 2010
More bodies are being pulled out from the wreckage of the mangled coaches with rescue operations still continuing. ...
10:43 AM, May 29, 2010
Of the 11 boogies that derailed, four overturned and got badly damaged. ...
08:51 AM, Nov 04, 2009
Rescue operations are on and passengers are shifted to relief train. ...
07:53 AM, Nov 04, 2009
Firefighters were held back because of excessive heat. ...
02:30 PM, Aug 23, 2008
