(The following story was published in the January 13 issue of the Baltimore Sun.)
BALTIMORE, Md. — Railroad officials were trying to determine yesterday what caused a freight train to derail Saturday night in a Remington underpass, forcing dozens of trains along the Northeast corridor to be rerouted.
Five refrigerated cars of a 43-car train hauling orange juice from Florida to Greenville, N.J., jumped the tracks near Huntingdon Avenue and 26th Street about 8 p.m., and blocked the adjoining set of tracks, said CSX spokeswoman Misty Skipper.
A small amount of diesel fuel used for refrigeration leaked, but was contained and did not pose a hazard, Skipper said. No one was injured, and no juice spilled, she said.
Wet ground and cool weekend temperatures delayed efforts to remove the rail cars, Skipper said, adding that CSX hoped to reopen the tracks by this morning.