Derailed train car removed from Providence street
By: The Associated Press
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Crews have removed a derailed train car that had been blocking part of a Providence street.
A locomotive pulled the tanker off Allens Avenue on Thursday morning. Providence and Worcester Railroad officials were waiting for a crane to arrive to put the car back on the tracks.
The tanker was carrying about 30,000 gallons of ethanol when it derailed at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. Nothing spilled from the car, and the ethanol was drained Wednesday afternoon.
Officials said the tanker ended up partially in the street when a crew accidentally pushed it through a barrier and fence.
Crews hoped to have the street back to normal by Thursday night.
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