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On october 5, 1987, a train derailed in the conrail railyard in wilmington, delaware
Conrail Railyard Derailment; Wilmington, Delaware · Wilmington, Delaware · NOAAORR-6502
- issued
- 1987-10-05 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1987-10-19 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1987-10-19 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 39.737, -75.560
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Conrail Railyard Derailment; Wilmington, Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware. 1. On October 5, 1987, a train derailed in the CONRAIL railyard in Wilmington, Delaware. Three of the derailed tank cars contained a total of 90,000 pounds of chlorine gas. U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP), Philadelphia, investigators responded to the scene, where CONRAIL was in the process of righting the derailed tank cars. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: CHLORINE GAS. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 90000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 39.737N 075.560W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6502: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6502
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1987-09-01 · closed 1987-10-19
- Mystery slick 9.1.1987; philadelphia1987-09-01 → 1987-09-15
- On october 5, 1987, a train derailed in the conrail railyard in wilmington, delaware this message1987-10-05 → 1987-10-19
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