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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 ...
A week after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in a small Kentucky town, two residents have sued the railroad company CSX, alleging it was negligent and exposed them to ultrahazardous ...
The 2023 Kentucky train derailment occurred on the afternoon of November 22, 2023, at approximately 2:23 PM ET, a CSX mixed freight train derailed in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, causing a major spill of molten sulfur chemicals near Roundstone Creek, a creek located northwest of Livingston. Only one member of the CSX train's two-person crew was ...
Ten to 14 cars of a 97-car CSX train derailed near Wick and Shook roads in Romulus. No hazardous spills or releases are believed to have occurred.