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Legs dangle and sway from rooflines of the railcars.
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Matt Thompson, SPIN, 18 Oct. 2024
An evacuation order issued Sept. 24 impacted roughly 210 homes within a half-mile radius of a leaking railcar sitting in a railyard near the intersection of U.S. 50 and state Route 128 in Whitewater Township.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
The data will determine if the radius of evacuation and a shelter-in-place order should be changed from its current three-quarters of a mile from a railcar leaking styrene in Whitewater Township near Cleves, just west of Cincinnati.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
The leaking tanker has been detached from the other 29 railcars it was connected to.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2024
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Matt Thompson, SPIN, 18 Oct. 2024
An evacuation order issued Sept. 24 impacted roughly 210 homes within a half-mile radius of a leaking railcar sitting in a railyard near the intersection of U.S. 50 and state Route 128 in Whitewater Township.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
The data will determine if the radius of evacuation and a shelter-in-place order should be changed from its current three-quarters of a mile from a railcar leaking styrene in Whitewater Township near Cleves, just west of Cincinnati.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
The leaking tanker has been detached from the other 29 railcars it was connected to.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.
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railcar
noun
rail·car
-ˌkär 
: a railroad car
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