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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.

Study confirms trout stream devastated by toxic spill - Thu, Jul 13, 2006 4:55:09 PM EST Source: WHP CBS News
WPH CBS 21 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 State environmental officials say test results released today confirm that fish and insect life at a once-pristine trout stream have been devastated by a chemical spill.

A source sent me fish kill photos early this week - Fri, Jul 14, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: The Daily Item
but I was kind of waiting for a day when I didn’t have any other pictures to go ahead and use them (I’m nothing, if not honest!). But here it is ...

Biologists say creek water quality near normal - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: St. Mary’s Daily Press
Department of Environmental Protection scientists have found pH levels in Sinnemahoning-Portage Creek in McKean and Cameron counties near normal in two days of sampling and analysis. As a result, DEP and local emergency management ...

Biologists say creek water quality near normal - Wed, Jul 12, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: DEP Daily Update
Department of Environmental Protection scientists have found pH levels in Sinnemahoning-Portage Creek in McKean and Cameron counties near normal in two days of sampling and analysis. As a result, DEP and local emergency management ... Original Source

Chemical Still Polluting Portage Creek - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Endeavor Online
Crews are working furiously to clean-up the wreckage left behind two weeks ago when a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and crashed into the surrounding wilderness... More...

No Life Expected In At Least 7 Miles - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Endeavor Online
DEP: Number Of Aquatic Insects On Driftwood Branch 'Relatively High'. State biologists believe that the fish kill resulting from a chemical spill that found its way into the headwaters of Portage Creek numbered in the "tens of thousands" and stret More...

Spill Could Cost County Much Of Its $1.5 Million Annual Fishing Revenue - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Endeavor Online
This is a valley where redwinged blackbirds balance on cattails and call across patches of lively marshes; a place where red-tail hawks hunt from high above …

Aftermath Of The Spill - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Endeavor Online
In the aftermath of June 30th's train wreck and sodium hydroxide chemical spill, I am left mind-boggled with the shear volume of destruction. ...

Share What You Saw - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Endeavor Online
I'm sure, by now, there will be lots of information available about the Norfolk Southern accident and resulting pollution event. ….we could still use more help...

Publisher's Point Of View - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Endeavor Online
I believe what I wrote here was right on target and so does a expert from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association ...

To The Editor - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Endeavor Online
Dear Editor: I just re-read your article "Publisher's Point Of View" and want to say ...

Leaking rail cars have killed many fish - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Post-Gazette.com
State fisheries experts and biologists in hip boots have finished assessing the massive damage done to fish and aquatic life by … Picture

Fish kill assessed - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: Post-Gazette.com
The Fish Commission began last week to try to estimate the full extent of damage from the recent train derailment and chemical spill on Sinnemahoning Portage Creek ...

Joe Gorden | Commission assessing waterways - Sat, Jul 15, 2006 10:45:00 PM EST Source: Tribune-Democrat
Water chemistry has returned to normal in Portage Creek, and the water runs crystal clear today as it has for millennia. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said it is safe …

Sinnemahoning Portage Creek - Sun, Jul 16, 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT Source: CentreDaily.com
Our area is blessed with beautiful and productive streams and rivers -- ribbons of blue holding trout, bass and other species. We fish, we canoe, we swim, or we just enjoy the relaxing whisper of their gurgling waters.