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Soon after, firefighters clad with gas masks and full personal protective equipment arrived on scene to mitigate the leak, which developed a full vapor plume spewing from the top of the tank car.
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Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire and caused the massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying tank cars with hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 June 2024
Yet more than a decade later, there are still more than 25,000 of these tank cars in use nationwide, including on the Norfolk Southern train that derailed last year in East Palestine, Ohio, causing one of the nation’s most high-profile rail disasters.
—Sarah Raza, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
The two others involved were tank cars, one full and one loaded.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2024
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Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire and caused the massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying tank cars with hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 June 2024
Yet more than a decade later, there are still more than 25,000 of these tank cars in use nationwide, including on the Norfolk Southern train that derailed last year in East Palestine, Ohio, causing one of the nation’s most high-profile rail disasters.
—Sarah Raza, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
The two others involved were tank cars, one full and one loaded.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2024
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“Tank car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tank%20car. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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