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Gardeau Train Wreck and Chemical Spill

June 30, 2006 an unprecedented tragedy struck the Portage Valley. A south-bound Norfolk-Southern train derailed and dumped thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals into the Sinnemahoning Portage Creek. These pages are dedicated to documenting this tragedy as best as we can so everyone can appreciate the significance of horrible accident.

No injuries reported after train derailment causes chemical spill - Fri, Jun 30, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Bradford Era
A Norfolk-Southern train derailed early Friday morning near Gardeau in Norwich Township, dumping about 16,000 gallons of liquid sodium hydroxide onto the ground and into Portage Run, ...

Train cars derail; one leaks caustic chemical into stream - Sat, Jul 1, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Associated Press
CROSBY, Pa. (AP) — At least a dozen boxcars and tankers from a Norfolk-Southern train derailed Friday morning, …

Train cars derail in McKean County; one leaks - Sat, Jul 1, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Associated Press
CROSBY, Pa. Officials in McKean County say about 16- thousand gallons of a caustic chemical spilled onto the ground and ...

Train Crashes - Toxic Spill Being Reported - Sat, Jul 1, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Endeavor Online
At least one car involved in a major train crash Friday morning was leaking potentially-toxic chemicals, prompting local emergency officials to quarantine the area and call in Haz-Mat experts ...

Train derails in Mckean County - Sat, Jul 1, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Times Herald
NORWICH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — About 16,000 gallons of caustic soda spilled into Portage Creek after 29 cars on a Norfolk Southern train derailed in the Gardeau neighborhood just before 9 a.m. Friday. The cause of the derailment has not been determined,.

Train cars derail; one leaks caustic chemical into stream - Sat, Jul 1, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: CentreDaily.com
(AP) At least a dozen boxcars and tankers from a Norfolk- Southern train derailed Friday morning, sending about 16,000 gallons of …

Clean-up after train wreck continues over weekend - Sun, Jul 2, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Bradford Era
EMPORIUM - The cleanup and assessment of any environmental damage done following Friday's derailment of 31 cars of a Norfolk Southern train in Gardeau at the southern end of McKean ...

Train derails in McKean Co., leaks caustic chemical - Sun, Jul 2, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Tri-County Sunday
Twenty-nine boxcars and tankers from a Norfolk-Southern train derailed around 9 a.m. Friday, sending about 16,000 gallons of a caustic chemical spilling into … Picture

Railroad still investigating derailed train on Friday - Mon, Jul 3, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Bradford Era
Norfolk Southern Railroad Corp. is still investigating the train derailment of 31 cars Friday morning in Gardeau in Norwich Township as well as cleaning up damaged equipment at the site.

Water Off Limits Near Train Derailment Site - Mon, Jul 3, 2006 1:12:00 PM EST Source: WJAC-TV
Residents in McKean County near the site of a train derailment are being warned to stay out of the water

Operations at site of train derailment shift to cleanup - Wed, Jul 5, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Bradford Era
Operations at the site of Friday's derailment of the Norfolk Southern train in Gardeau have now shifted to "clean-up mode," according to a spokesperson for the state DEP ...

U.S. Senator Rick Santorum tours area on Wednesday (excerpt) - Wed, Jul 5, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Bradford Era
On the local front, Cameron County watershed specialist Jim Zoschg Jr. talked about a devastating train derailment that happened in Gardeau ...

Train Wreck Causes Environmental Catastrophe - Wed, Jul 5, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Cameron County Echo
Last Friday’s train derailment along Norfolk Southern tracks in nearby McKean County caused an environmental catastrophe unprecedented in scope and destruction for this region. Picture Photo Gallery

Chemical spill kills thousands of fish - Wed, Jul 5, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Express
EMPORIUM — Thousands of fish and other aquatic life are believed dead after a train derailment Friday spilled 16,000 gallons of toxic sodium hydroxide into Portage Creek, a high quality trout stream.

DEP still at train wreck site - Thu, Jul 6, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Bradford Era
EMPORIUM - Personnel from the Department of Environmental Protection began preliminary work Thursday to determine the extent of the impact of the chemical leak … will have on the Portage branch of the Sinnemahoning ...