“CSX personnel are working closely with the electric utility company, state and local officials to remove the debris and will resume train operations as soon as it is safe to do so,” a spokesperson says.
It was not immediately clear when rail activity would resume on the ex-Baltimore & Ohio main line between Hamilton and Toledo known as the Toledo Subdivision. The railroad says it is reaching out to customers to address any changes to service as a result of the severe weather.
Several tornadoes, including one confirmed by the National Weather Service as an EF3, tore through Dayton and other rural western Ohio communities late Monday night. On Tuesday, more than 5 million people were still without power and the storms were to blame for the death of at least one man.
Trains News Wire is awaiting comment from Norfolk Southern on the status of its freight operations, particularly on the railroad’s Dayton District between Columbus and Cincinnati.
Sammy please recheck your maps. Wellington is over 150 miles North East of Dayton, nowhere near the tornado affected area
Wellington is North West of Dayton, is it not?
Are you sure that wasn’t the train that derailed in Wellington?
And CSX train Q590 derailed north west of Dayton this morning, derailing 22 cars and 3 locomotives. The cars were Union Pacific reefers with one catching on fire. Welcome to the railroading chaos that is Ohio