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Train derailment newburgh, ny; newburgh ny 12455, USA

NOAAORR-9453

issued
2017-03-07 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2017-03-21 00:00Z
self-cancels
2017-03-21 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
41.487, -74.010
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Train Derailment Newburgh, NY; newburgh NY 12455, USA.
newburgh NY 12455, USA.
1. On March 7, 2017, the NOAA SSC received a notification from USCG Sector New York that a CSX freight train derailed on the West Shore line track along the Hudson River near the Windsor-Newburgh border. Three cars were carrying 55,000 gallons of sulphuric acid, 32,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide and 18,000 gallons of bisulfate aqueous. The train cars are not leaking at this time. Sector New York requested information on these three chemical products, human and ecological risks.
2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: SULFURIC ACID, SODIUM BICARBONATE, BISULFATE AQUEOUS.
3. POSITION 41.487N 074.010W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9453: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9453

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