Baltimore Train Derailment Explosion. A CSX freight train crashed into a trash truck, derailed and caught fire on Tuesday in a Baltimore suburb, setting off an explosion. CSX crews began uncoupling and removing train cars from the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore Monday evening, starting the process of clearing the derailment that shut down freight traffic through the city earlier in the day.
A freight train crashed into a dustbin lorry, derailed and caught fire yesterday in a Baltimore suburb, in Maryland, US, setting off an explosion that rattled homes at least half a mile away and sent a plume of smoke into the air that could be seen for miles.
There are a lot of very nasty chemicals being moved through residential areas everyday that.
We live very close to a train track, and the thought terrifies me. BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Train services have been completely restored following Friday's CSX derailment in Baltimore. A cargo train derailed in the Baltimore area on Tuesday afternoon after colliding with a tractor trailer, sparking a loud explosion felt miles away, and sending plumes of smoke into the air from a fire set to burn into the night.