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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The derailment, involving at least 16 cars including two that were carrying molten sulphur, occurred north of Livingston in Rockcastle county at about 2.23pm on Wednesday, according to railroad operator CSX.
Beshear also activated the state’s price-gouging laws to protect families from any grossly overpriced goods and services after the incident, his office announced.
Symptoms of sulphur dioxide respiratory irritation include sneezing, sore throat, wheezing, breath shortness, chest tightness and a feeling of suffocation.
According to a CSX spokesperson, Bryan Tucker, it is believed that the fire is releasing sulphur dioxide but the amount will not be confirmed until measurements are obtained from the monitoring equipment, the Associated Press reported.
Last week an Amtrak train carrying more than 200 passengers derailed in Michigan after it collided with a disabled vehicle on the tracks, injuring a dozen people.
Meanwhile, in February, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying massive quantities of toxic chemicals including the carcinogenic vinyl chloride derailed in Ohio.
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one could wish that the US could upgrade its trains to modern standards…even china has a much better train system than the dumpster fire called amtrak
This isn’t an Amtrak line, it’s a CSX freight line.