Today, NS has a derailment in Lower Saucon Twp, PA near Bethlehem. Pictures show at least two engines partially in the Lehigh River. One posting said that three trains were involved, but has not been confirmed. Cleanup crews were in the river and on the river bank cleaning up fuel and plastic pellets. Not much other info.
Rebecca Picciotto wrote: A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed Saturday morning in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, spilling diesel and plastic pellets into the nearby river, according to local authorities.Comments elsewhere indicate 268 hit 24X (both intermodal), and then 19G (mixed freight) hit that mess and ended up in the river.
No injuries were reported upon a preliminary assessment of the scene, according to police and fire rescue departments in the Lower Saucon Township where the derailment took place......
....."There currently are no evacuations or hazardous material threat to the community," the Lower Saucon Township Police Department said in a statement at 11 a.m. ET, hours after first responders were dispatched. "We request that everyone stay out of the area so first responders and Norfolk Southern personnel can continue to assess and work at the scene."
Emergency responders deployed "containment booms," barriers used to control the spread of oil, in the Lehigh River where there was a diesel fuel spill from one of the train cars, police said. One of the train cars also released a heap of polypropylene plastic pellets.
