
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 14, 1990                   TAG: 9003152773
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: EVENING 
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CSX TRAIN CARRYING CHEMICALS DERAILS

PEARCH - A CSX train carrying chemicals from Kentucky to North Carolina derailed Tuesday morning in Bedford County, sending 12 cars off the track. No injuries or leaks were reported.

CSX spokeman Norm Going of Jacksonville, Fla., said 12 of the train's 126 cars derailed, including two that overturned on the banks of the James River.

One of the chemical cars carried sodium hydroxide, which is used for bleaching wood pulp and making plastic foam. Another car carried sulfuric acid, which is used to make fertilizer. Both cars remained upright during the derailment.

Going said the accident is under investigation. The railroad also is looking into why local authorities were not notified until three hours after the accident happened.

Bedford County Sheriff Carl Wells said his office is not investigating the derailment because "that's up to the railroad."

The tracks were expected to be cleared by this morning, he said.

by CNB