SANDUSKY, Ohio — Update: As of Saturday Oct. 15, Columbus Ave. remains closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic after a major train derailment the previous weekend where the train crosses over the road. Engineers with the city and Norfolk Southern railroad are continuing to assess and make repairs to the underpass and storm water system. This is despite the reopening of the rail line over the road, which railroad engineers determined to be structurally sound.
A train derailment in Sandusky on Saturday afternoon closed a road in the city and knocked out power for those in the area.
The Norfolk Southern train derailed around 4 p.m. at the Columbus Ave. overpass.
Multiple rail cars overturned with some spilling over the side of the overpass and onto Columbus Ave.
Nobody was injured as a result of the derailment.
Crews began cleaning up the mess left by the derailment on Sunday morning in front of a large crowd of onlookers.
Heavy equipment was brought in to push some of the rail cars fully onto Columbus Ave. before they were hauled away.
A spokesman for Norfolk Southern says the train had 101 total cars and a preliminary count of the cars that derailed totaled approximately 10.
Norfolk Southern says the train was hauling paraffin wax which is non-toxic.
The city says there was a leak of the wax but it has since hardened and poses no danger.
The line on which the train derailed is a major east-west rail line for freight and passenger trains.
Amtrak announced delays and the rerouting of service for many of their trains due to the derailment throughout the evening on Saturday.
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