As we head into a new week and a new year, clean-up continues following a train derailment in Todd County near the town of Trenton.
The derailment of 31 train railcars happened in the morning hours on December 30, completely shutting down Highway 41 between Pembroke in Christian County and Trenton in Todd County. No one was hurt in the incident, and following the hazmat clean-up of molten sulfur that had spilled, work has been underway to clear debris.
Todd County Emergency Management has been working with CSX and other agencies and as of Saturday afternoon, officials say substantial progress has been made in clean-up efforts. The removal of remaining non-hazardous rail materials is progressing as planned, with completion anticipated by Sunday evening, and with calm weather in the forecast, recovery operations was expected to continue fairly unhindered…