It was not immediately clear what caused five empty Norfolk Southern train cars to derail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. No injuries were reported.
Norfolk Southern trainFive empty train cars veered off the tracks between 9:30 and 10 a.m. near Telford and West Carson Streets in the city’s Esplen neighborhood, theCity officials temporarily closed parts of West Carson Street as crews moved equipment through the area to remove the derailed cars.Five empty Norfolk Southern train cars derailed Saturday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, officials said. No injuries or hazardous materials were reported.
The incident marks the latest train derailment in the U.S. as concerns over railroads remain high following the major incident in in early February in which about 50 Norfolk Southern train cars derailed, spilling hazardous materials and forcing evacuations of residents. The derailment in Pittsburgh temporarily closed a local road as crews worked to remove the train cars.Multiple other train derailments have made headlines since the disaster, including a 70-car Canadian Pacific train thatand spilled hazardous liquid asphalt late last month. No injuries were reported and the cleanup was expected to last 10 days.
On March 30, a town outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was evacuated after a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train hauling"a form of ethanol" and"a corn syrup liquid"
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