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

DATE: MONDAY, April 30, 1990                   TAG: 9004300120
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: GLADSTONE                                LENGTH: Short

TOXIN LEAKS FROM TRAIN IN GLADSTONE

A missing two-inch cap was blamed for a spill of hazardous chemicals on Sunday in Nelson County, CSX Transportation officials said.

A conductor spotted the ninth car of a westbound CSX train leaking sodium hydrosulfide solution, a corrosive chemical, about 5 a.m. as the train passed through a Gladstone train yard, said Pete McFadden, a CSX yardsman.

Several residents living near the railroad tracks were asked to leave their homes briefly while a crew cleaned up the spill, McFadden said.

No injuries were reported.

The train was on its way to a paper mill in Covington, where the corrosive chemicals were to be delivered.

McFadden said a code number that labeled the chemical indicated the substance was harmful if inhaled or ingested.

by CNB