Train derailment closes Pottstown street for hours

Train derailment site restoration to be "substantially complete" next month

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) -- Restoration at the site of the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine is almost complete. According to a site progress update from Norfolk Southern released on Thursday, ongoing site restoration activities continue and are to be "substantially complete" by early to mid June. The update says air, soil, surface water, groundwater and drinking water monitoring is ongoing. Water sampling events also include the East E…

Train derails in Pottstown; no danger to public say officials

Norfolk Southern is in charge of the situation.

Train derailment closes Pottstown street for hours

A derailment of four cars on a freight train Friday night in Pottstown closed the railroad tracks along the Schuylkill River, as well as a section of Industrial Highway, well into Saturday afternoon. Pottstown Fire Department was dispatched about 8 p.m. Friday to the area of South Hanover Street and College Drive/Industrial Highway. As Norfolk Southern Railroad crews worked to rerail the affected railcars, one car containing butyl acrylate disco…

4 cars of a freight train derail in Pottstown

Four freight cars derailed Friday night in Pottstown, prompting an emergency response.

4 cars of a freight train derail in Pottstown - 6abc Philadelphia - WiredFocus

Saturday, May 10, 2025 4:03AM 4 cars of a freight train derail in Pottstown POTTSTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) — Four freight cars derailed Friday night in Pottstown, prompting an emergency response. The derailment occurred just before 9 p.m. near South Hanover Street and College Drive. Authorities have not yet released details about what the train cars were carrying, but officials confirm that there are no leaks or environmental hazards at the scene. No i…