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• Some train cars were carrying molten sulfur, which caught on fire and released chemicals. A CSX freight train derailed in eastern Kentucky Wednesday afternoon, the company said, spilling chemicals and forcing evacuations that have stretched into the Thanksgiving holiday. 16 train cars were involved, two of which were carrying molten sulfur. Because the derailment also started a fire, the

More than a dozen freight train cars derailed in central Kentucky Wednesday, spilling molten sulfur and sparking a fire, officials said, prompting authorities to encourage residents of a nearby town to evacuate on the eve of Thanksgiving. At least 16 cars were involved in the derailment north of Livingston, Kentucky, “including two molten sulphur cars that have been breached and have lost some

A western Minnesota train derailment of nearly two dozen cars, carrying thousands of gallons of ethanol, was caused by a fractured rail, a National Transportation Safety Board report has found. The results aren't a surprise. A preliminary report from the NTSB suspected a fractured rail was the cause of the crash in Raymond, Minnesota last March. The wreck forced a half-mile evacuation while

PUEBLO, Colo. — The driver of a semi truck is reportedly trapped under a collapsed bridge after a coal-train derailment this afternoon (Sunday, Oct. 15) that has closed Interstate 25, Colorado’s main north-south highway, near Pueblo. An image from a Colorado State Patrol post on the social media site X, formerly Twitter, shows the train derailed at a BNSF Railway bridge crossing I-25 just