| Railroad Accident Report: Derailment of Canadian National Freight Train M33371 and Subsequent Release of Hazardous Materials in Tamaroa, Illinoi Contributor(s): National Transportation Safety Board (Author) |
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ISBN: 1514126508 ISBN-13: 9781514126509 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.91 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation - Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.08" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.26 lbs) 40 pages |
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| Publisher Description: About 9:04 a.m. central standard time on February 9, 2003, northbound Canadian National freight train M33371 derailed 22 of its 108 cars in Tamaroa, Illinois. Four of the derailed cars released methanol, and the methanol from two of these four cars fueled a fire. Other derailed cars contained phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, formaldehyde, and vinyl chloride. Two cares containing hydrochloric acid, one car containing formaldehyde, and one car containing vinyl chloride released product but were not involved in the fire. |