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NTSB on Hyndman Train Derailment 11:14 pm The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its final report on the August 2017 train derailment in Hyndman, Bedford County. The NTSB says the “inappropriate” use of hand brakes on empty train cars to control train speed and the placement of blocks of empty cars at the front of the train was the cause. The report says, the CSX train was carrying a variety of cargo when 33 cars derailed from tracks along the Hogback Road Crossing. An explosion and fire occurred due to hazardous and flammable materials in the cars. The derailm...

Earlier this month the National Transportation Safety Board released the final accident report on the derailment of a CSX train in Hyndman in the early hours of Aug. 2, 2017. The train, carrying a variety of cargo, including hazardous and flammable materials, derailed, caused a subsequent explosion and fire and forced officials to issue an evacuation order for the town. The derailment occurred at about 5 a.m., when a portion of the 178-car mixed freight train fell from the tracks along the Hogback Road crossing. The derailment displaced most residents in the surrounding area for four days, wi...