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Cleanup Begins After Freight Train Derailment, Fire in Maine

SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Railway owner Canadian Pacific Kansas City is leading cleanup and track repairs following a freight train derailment and fire in Maine that sent three railway workers to the hospital for treatment, officials said …

North Carolina Signs Off on Testing at Plant Fire Site

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) _ A North Carolina environmental agency has approved a plan to test the soil and groundwater for contamination at the site of a massive fertilizer-plant fire in January. Montrose Engineering and Geology laid out its plans in …

Railroads Back Retrofitting Flammable Liquid Cars

U.S. railroads are supporting new safety standards for rail cars that haul flammable liquids to address flaws that can allow crude oil, ethanol and other substances to leak during accidents. The Association of American Railroads said Thursday that railroads support …