Train Carrying Fuel Oil Derails, Spills In Mississippi

Reuters via Rig Zone ^ | January 31, 2014 | Therese Apel

[thackney]

A Canadian National Railway Co train carrying fuel oil and other hazardous materials derailed and was leaking in southeast Mississippi on Friday, forcing the evacuation of nearby residents, officials said.

No one was injured in the incident which involved the derailment of 21 railcars, eight of which have spilled their contents, a Canadian National Railway spokesman said.

Several of the cars were carrying hazardous materials including fertilizer and methanol, but there was no fire, he said.

The accident, the latest in a string of North American train derailments over the past year, occurred in the city limits of New Augusta in Perry County, near a mobile home park, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

Emergency services were on the scene and responding to the accident, local officials said.

[caww]

We are currently in the 50’s here...who’d have thunk after what we just went through with those temps before!

[JouleZ]

Another one!!! ND, Canada, NM....too many to recall but something is going on.

[Repeal The 17th]

New Augusta, Mississippi.
Been there and got the tee shirt.
Just south of Hattiesburg.

[onyx]

I’m actually looking forward to 100F. (sue me)

I LOVE our HOT Summers! (Counter sue)

[onyx]

WOO-HOO!

[caww]

Sorry your hubby is ill today...hope it’s not the flu....it’s all over here in PA. I’m grateful so far it’s by-passed me but many seem to have it.

[onyx]

Thanks so much. I’ll be grateful if he only has the flu....

[Sequoyah101]

No big deal. What is that now since Fall? Four?

Next.

How much money can odumbo and his little gang of thugs spend of their graft?

[Parmy]

That is why it is necessary to build the pipe lines.

[ApplegateRanch]

“String of derailments...”

Uh, Rooters, there are, on average, 1-3 derailments in the US EVERY DAY, each of the past few years; and that is far FEWER than the previous decade; and that was fewer than 20+ years ago.

I looked up the statistic during the ND accident a short while back, but don’t have the link handy. It was official federal numbers.

[ApplegateRanch]

Yes I do; answer is no. See my # 30 below.

[stormer]

What if had said Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, or Wisconsin?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

How about plain old economic terrorism?

Has anyone seen Bill Ayers recently? What about his red wife?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

to Black Agnes:

Toes? You still have toes?

[snowtigger]

Agree, I’ve never even heard of a pipeline derailing.....

[ronnie raygun]

When ever I hear things like this I think Eco Nazi’s

[bert]

It can not be denied. The frequency is too great.

[Celtic Conservative]

Point taken, white flag, I surrender.

CC

[Repeal The 17th]

Summary:
... 85 car train traveling from Jackson to Mobile ...
... 18 cars derailed at New Augusta Mississippi at 9 a.m. local time on 1/31/2014 ...
... cars carrying fuel oil and methanol ...
... fuel oil leaking from at least one of the cars ...
... 3 to 4 thousand gallons reportedly spilled ...
... mandatory evacuation of 50 residents living within 1000 feet ...
... Hwy 98 was closed temporarily but has been reopened ...
... no injuries have been reported ...
... cause appears to be from a broken track, possibly due to weather ...