While the Penn and Camden Lines are not directly affected, MARC says Monday morning’s Camden Line Train 844 and evening Penn Line trains 428 and 447 are canceled.
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“These three trains will likely be very crowded”, MTA said Monday evening. Amtrak said Monday in a statement that its Capitol Limited train, which runs one train daily in each direction between Washington and Chicago, won’t run between Pittsburgh and the District of Columbia.
Sixteen cars slammed off the tracks near a heavily populated neighborhood.
CSX says 16 cars were involved in a derailment in the nation’s capital over the weekend, not the 15 it originally reported.
CSX updated the number Monday following an assessment of the site. Crews have been trying to move undamaged rail cars away from the site while moving some of the cars that derailed. One vehicle was confirmed to be leaking the sodium hydroxide. The excavated areas will be replaced with clean fill, and new track will be laid, she said in a statement. The company says ongoing air monitoring shows no negative effect on air quality.
The Latest: DC Commuters to Be Impacted by Train Derailment The derailment of a freight train in Washington D.C. could make for a messy commute in the area today (Monday).
The MARC commuter rail system said its Brunswick Line won’t be operating in and out of Washington on Monday. The line will run as far south as Silver Spring and from there passengers can transfer to Metro at no charge for their commute to the District. Metro officials said they hoped to have Red Line service fully restored Sunday evening.
Though the spill hasn’t wreaked any environmental havoc, Jon Kenney, an environmental expert with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, said the aftermath could have been a lot worse if the cargo cars had been carrying more risky chemicals when they derailed.
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No injuries were reported, and workers were able to plug a damaged vehicle leaking sodium hydroxide, a chemical often used in detergents and other household products, and contain a separate ethanol leak, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. She said CSX understands that this is a “significant inconvenience to commuters” and is working as quickly and safely as possible.
