If you’ve traveled down Highway 41 from Pembroke heading towards Trenton lately, then you’ve undoubtedly seen the remnants of the train that derailed at the end of 2025, and last week, agencies held a meeting to discuss the event and where they are now.
Ash Groves is the Emergency Management Director for Todd County, and he and Trenton Fire Chief John Stahl gathered together the numerous volunteer fire departments, EMS, farmers and CSX representatives that helped on December 30, 2025, when 31 train cars derailed near the crossing with Tress Shop Road.
That derailment results in a shelter-in-place being issued at the time and hazmat operations being conducted after molten sulfur that was being hauled spilled, sending a plume of hazardous smoke into the air. No one was injured in that event, and the air was deemed safe a few hours later…