CN Derailment In Louisiana; Hydrochloric Acid Spill

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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This is between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Area evacuated.

Hydrochloric acid leak after train derailment prompts evacuations in St. James Parish (fox8live.com)

The local TV stations apparently haven’t updated their web sites yet, but there was more detail in some of their broadcasts.

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Not much follow-up in the news. All but two families nearest the derailment have been allowed back to their homes. Cleanup mostly completed; testing continues.