Train Carrying Crude & Propane Derails next to River in Western Pennysylvania
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[QUOTE]Twenty-one cars of a freight train hauling oil and gas derailed this morning in Vandergrift, striking a building that houses a specialty metals firm, authorities said. No one was injured.
Norfolk Southern spokesman Dave Pidgeon said 19 of the derailed cars were carrying a type of crude oil that is thick enough to be lifted with a shovel. An undetermined amount leaked from three cars but was contained before it entered any water source, he said. The leaks were stopped. Two other derailed cars had liquid propane.[/QUOTE]
There's a video in the source that shows some of the wreckage, along with some photos.
Having lived in that area for most of my life, I was kind of always afraid that something like this would happen. I'm just glad that the train wasn't carrying anything more volatile in it, not that you would want to swim in that river anyways.
[URL]http://www.post-gazette.com/local/westmoreland/2014/02/13/Train-carrying-crude-oil-derails-in-Vandergrift/stories/201402130275[/URL]
Why do we still use thin-skinned containers for carrying dangerous substances?
[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;43902075]Why do we still use thin-skinned containers for carrying dangerous substances?[/QUOTE]
Think of it like this: You can only get some much space out of a single rail car for storage of X product because of rail car width/height restrictions. Make the shell as thin as legally possible to get the max amount of product shipped in one car.
^That's probably not even close to what the actual reason is. I just thought it up now.
It always seems to be trains carrying either explosives or people that seem to derail
Why is it never trains carrying potatoes
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