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  • More Than a Dozen Trains Have Derailed in the U.S. This Year (but the yearly average is 1,704)

    02/14/2023 4:44:19 PM PST · by DoodleBob · 21 replies
    Newsweek ^ | February 13, 2023 | Thomas Kika
    The explosive train derailment that recently led to the evacuation of an Ohio town was among more than a dozen reported rail wrecks in the U.S. since the year began. On February 3, a tanker train derailed in the Ohio town of East Palestine, near the state border with Pennsylvania. The crash led to multiple explosions and chemical leaks, prompting the governors of both states to issue evacuation notices for the town and its surrounding areas. Controlled burns of the vinyl chloride from the train's tanks were initiated, with residents warned that the air could be flooded with dangerous gases...