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2 train derailments have similar risks, different outcomes

Por: WPLG Local 10 Nation February 18, 2023

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Police Chief Jason Wright feared the worst as he rushed to the scene of a freight train derailment in Michigan's Van Buren Township, mindful of a fiery rail crash this month in Ohio that led to evacuations and a toxic chemical release.Instead, the situation a half-hour's drive west of Detroit was far less grim: 28 of 134 cars in a Norfolk Southern train had gone at least partially off the track Thursday with a... + full article



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