Dear Valued Unique Customer,
Kindly see the below regarding a CSX train derailment. This will likely have ripple effect and transit delays throughout the rail system. Please be aware of the potential delays.
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David Hickmott
Executive Vice President
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From: Jeff
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, January
16, 2007 12:51 PM
To:
atestaff
Cc: David Hickmott;
Ginger Seabrook; Bob Shaver
Subject: Train Derailment
Hello all,
I am sure this will impact transit within the CSX system. Please keep this in mind with providing ETA's.
Train Derails, Catches Fire in Kentucky; No Injuries Reported
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
FNC
Jan. 16: The scene of a fiery train derailment in Kentucky is shown.
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. — Several CSX train cars derailed in a fiery heap Tuesday south of Louisville, shutting down a nearby highway and forcing evacuations of nearby homes, businesses and a school, authorities said.
A CSX spokesman said the train was carrying hazardous materials, and the blaze produced a massive column of black smoke in the mostly rural area. Television footage showed several blazing cars stacked across the rail lines and flaming liquid flowing down ditches from the mangled tanker cars.
"We had a train derailment with some type of an explosion," said Kentucky State Police dispatcher Joey Mattingly.
There were no immediate reports of injuries from the wreck that occurred about 8:50 a.m. EST.
CSX spokesman Gary Sease said the train consisted of four locomotives and 80 cars headed from Birmingham, Ala., to Louisville. At least three cars carried liquid propane gas, he said. Forty-one cars were loaded with freight and the rest were empty, he said.
He said authorities didn't yet know what caused the derailment